Kissing the Wrong Reyes
Gemma Reyes built her career on other people's stories. Now, with her magazine on the verge of folding and her byline about to disappear, her editor hands her one last assignment: a holiday human-interest feature she can file from anywhere. Gemma files it from the one place she swore she'd never write about , her family, in the Dominican community she fled years ago. Home for the first time in years, she lands directly in the orbit of Devon Castell, her cousin Marco's oldest friend, the man her grandmother Doña Altagracia has spent a decade warning her away from, and the one person she cannot stop thinking about. Devon is tangled in her family's history in ways Gemma is only beginning to understand, tied to her brother Marco Aurelio through loyalty, debt, and a secret that could shatter everyone involved. As Gemma digs deeper into the story she was sent to write, she uncovers a web of old betrayals stretching from New York back to the island , betrayals involving her father, her cousin's wife Renata, her sharp-eyed aunt Lucia, and the steady, watchful Marisol Vega. Every page she files brings her closer to a truth the family has buried for years. Every moment with Devon pulls her further from the role of dutiful daughter, loyal cousin, and impartial journalist. When the story finally comes into focus, Gemma must choose between the byline that could save her career and the people whose trust she will lose the moment it's published. The Reyes family has survived exile, heartbreak, and a decade of unspoken truths. The only question is whether Gemma's homecoming will be the thing that finally breaks them , or the thing that brings them back together.