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Praise for Adriana Herrera

“Sweet and thoughtful, and delightfully filthy, too.”

—The New York Times

“Adriana Herrera positions herself as a fresh and vital new voice in romance.”

—Entertainment Weekly

“Incisive and modern, navigating the complexities of privilege, purpose and power, all while exploring intense passion.”

—Washington Post

"Herrera’s work remains compulsively readable. She crafts lively Latinx characters with instant, electric chemistry that sings on the page, and handles realistic relationship obstacles in a relatable manner."

—Publishers Weekly

“Adriana Herrera writes romance with teeth—you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll be refreshed and inspired to fight even harder to create the vibrant, welcoming America in which her books are set.”

—Suzanne Brockmann, New York Times bestselling author

“Adriana Herrera writes family—all kinds of family—better than anyone else writing today”

—Cat Sebastian, bestselling author of A Gentleman Never Keeps Score    

“A really impressive debut with heart, brain, and vibrant characters. I’m looking forward to the next story.”

—K.J. Charles, bestselling author of The Magpie Lord on American Dreamer 

“Adriana Herrera is writing some of my favorite Afro-Latinx characters and giving us beautiful love stories along the way.”

—Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award Winner for The Poet X

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Finding Joy - 2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Gay Romance

Finding Joy listed among the “42 Best Romance Novels We Couldn’t Put Down in 2020” by The Oprah Magazine

Adriana Herrera won a 2019 Ripped Bodice Award for Excellence in Romantic Fiction for American Love Story

Here to Stay listed on “Best Romance of 2020” by Library Journal

American Sweethearts listed among the “Best Books 2020: Romance” by Publishers Weekly

He’s Come Undone [the anthology where Caught Looking originally appeared] listed among “The Best Books the NetGalley Team Read in 2020” by We Are Bookish

American Dreamer listed among “The 10 Best Romance Novels of 2019” by Entertainment Weekly

American Dreamer listed among “AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019” by AudioFile

American Dreamer listed among “Top 10 Romance Debuts: 2019” by Booklist

Also by Adriana Herrera

American Dreamer

American Fairytale

American Love Story

American Sweethearts

American Christmas

Mangos and Mistletoe

Finding Joy

Here to Stay

Her Night With Santa

One Week to Claim It All

Just for the Holidays…

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Blurb

Finding Joy

As his twenty-sixth birthday approaches, Desta Joy Walker finds himself in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the one place he's been actively avoiding most of his life. For Desta, the East African capital encompasses some of the happiest and saddest parts of his life—his first home and the place where his father died. When an unavoidable work obligation lands him there for twelve weeks, he may finally have a chance for the closure he so desperately needs. What Desta never expected was to catch a glimpse of his future as he reconnects with the beautiful country and his family’s past.