

She desperately wants to evade the suffocating atmosphere surrounding her difficult breakup and the pressure her family has put on her to indulge in a new relationship. Although her primary purpose in coming to America is to live out her dreams, it is also a means of escape.

I was intrigued by the cliche but lovable enemies-to-lovers trope and the representation for women in STEM - I knew I was bound to love it.Įlena Armas’s debut novel, “The Spanish Love Deception” (2021) follows Catalina Martin, who fled Spain to live in Brooklyn, New York, to pursue a career at an engineering firm. As I was scrolling through Goodreads, I came across “The Spanish Love Deception” and immediately pulled my covers over my head and threw myself into finishing it as soon as possible.

It was past midnight - a week before school started and I was itching to read a new book, specifically a romance contemporary.
