“Girl, you goin’ to hurt yourself. You let Auntie cheer for both of us. Er, for the three of us.” Gabriela smiled, patting Angel’s pregnant belly before screaming at the top of her lungs for the eight-year-old running the bases. They both cheered when Jose slid home. But it was Duke who really made a spectacle of himself, hoisting the grinning kid onto his shoulders, jogging with him back to the dugout like Jose had just won them the World Series.

Well, my baby did just make his first home run. Angel smiled. Who better to celebrate with him than the Duke—his new coach, who had new pins in his ankle and a year of physical therapy under his belt. And, of course, he was also Jose’s new daddy. Her son and the retired pitcher were two peas in a pod, and Angel couldn’t be happier. Duke came to as close to perfect as a man can get.

“Aren’t you going to be late for work? You need a ride?”

“No. The company is sending a car.”

“Well, lah-dee-dah.”

“The company” was a new nonprofit research center for childhood asthma, under the umbrella of the National Pediatric Association. Duke was the center’s spokesperson, with Jose and Willis at his side most of the time. It was a family affair—Angel was a nurse at the research center’s medical complex. The name on the building was The Kinley Smith Asthma Clinic.

Angel rubbed her belly with satisfaction, breathed deeply to take in the smell of cut grass and damp earth, and reveled in the perfect moment.

A charming, multicultural, Pride and Prejudice-inspired romantic comedy from celebrity Evelyn Lozada and Holly Lorincz.

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About the Authors

EVELYN LOZADA is a high-profile American-Latina reality television personality, entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her role on VH1’s hit series Basketball Wives (2010–present), OWN’s hit series Livin’ Lozada (2015), as the author of Inner Circle, the first installment of the book series The Wives Association (2012), and as the creator of “Healthy Boricua,” a Puerto Rican lifestyle guide to healthy living. She has become a national trendsetter, a “go-to” fitness expert, a jewelry designer, a fashion and beauty maven, social media royalty, and a stimulating voice and proactive supporter of causes that affect women and girls through the Evelyn Lozada Foundation. Evelyn is a Bronx native, and a mother of two, Shaniece Hairston and Carl Leo Crawford, who currently resides in Los Angeles. You can sign up for email updates here.

HOLLY LÖRINCZ is a successful collaborative writer and owner of Lörincz Literary Services. She is an award-winning novelist of Smart Mouth and The Everything Girl and co-author of the bestselling novels Crown Heights and How to Survive a Day in Prison. Holly currently lives in Oregon. You can sign up for email updates here.

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