“This Love” by Taylor Swift - everything about this lovely song evokes images of Isabel and Sirius love affair, but especially, “this love is alive back from the dead.” An apt tune for two lovers who find their way back to each other.
“She’s Only Happy In The Sun” by Ben Harper - Isabel makes it clear, multiple times throughout Isabel and The Rogue, that she desires to return to Mexico, despite how she would be separated from her beloved sisters, and later Sirius. So when Ben Harper sings, “Did you find what you were after? The pain and the laughter brought you to your knees. But if the sun sets you free, sets you free, You'll be free indeed, indeed,” it’s easy to imagine these are words Sirius whispers to her.
“There, There” by Radiohead - with his haunting voice, Tom York effortlessly evokes the perils of navigating loneliness and pain…feelings Sirius Dawson would have been familiar with as a Crimean war veteran.
“I Wanna Be Yours” by Arctic Monkeys - When Alex Turner, lead singer of Arctic Monkeys, croons in his gravelly voice “wanna be yours” over and over, you know this is a man down bad…just like Sirius is over Isabel.
“Tú, Solo Tú” by Selena - the late, iconic Selena sings this stirring Spanish ballad about the heady ups and downs of a torrid love affair, with the reverberating line, “you, you only you.” It’s a perfect song to summarize Isabel and Sirius romance.
The Luna Sisters #2
When a Mexican heiress defies Victorian society to protect her country a British war hero makes it his new mission to protect her…
Isabel Luna Valdés has long since resigned herself to being the “forgotten” Luna sister. But thanks to familial connections to the Mexican ambassador in London, wallflower Isabel is poised to unearth any British intelligence hidden by the ton that might aid Mexico during the French Occupation. Though she slips easily from crowded ballrooms into libraries and private studies, Isabel’s search is hampered by trysting couples and prowling rogues—including the rakish Captain Sirius Dawson.
As a covert agent for the British Home Office, Sirius makes a game of earning the aristocracy’s confidence. He spends his days befriending foolish politicians and seducing well-born ladies in order to learn their secrets. But after he spies a certain sharp-tongued Luna sister lurking in the shadows where no proper debutante should venture, it’s clear Sirius is outmatched, outwitted, and soon to be outmaneuvered by the one woman he can’t resist.
Their mutual attraction is undeniable, but when Isabel discovers private correspondence that could turn the tide of political turmoil in Mexico, she’s willing to do whatever it takes to protect her country—even if this means ignoring her heart and courting danger...
Multicultural Romance [Berkley, On Sale: June 4, 2024, Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780593440902 / eISBN: 9780593440919]
Liana De la Rosa is a historical romance writer whose stories are set in the Late Regency and Victorian periods. Liana has an English degree from the University of Arizona. When she’s not writing books featuring unexpected characters, witty heroes, and intrepid heroines, Liana is reading fanfiction and pretending she's a domestic goddess while she wrangles her rambunctious brood of small children with her patient husband in Arizona.
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