About the Book

Fashion-obsessed Samara finally has the life she’s always dreamed of: A high-powered job with legendary designer Antonio Mota. A new home in sunny California, far away from those drab Jersey winters. And an intriguing love interest, Brandon, a wealthy investor in Mota’s fashion line.
 
But it’s not long before Samara’s dream life begins to turn into a living nightmare as Mota’s big fashion show approaches and the pressure on her turns crushing. Perhaps that’s why she begins hearing voices in her room at night—and seeing strange things that can’t be explained away by stress or anxiety or the number of drinks she’s been consuming.
 
And it may not be just Samara imagining things as her psyche unravels, because she soon discovers hints that her new city—and the House of Mota—may be built on a foundation of secrets and lies. Now Samara must uncover what hideous truths lurk in the shadows of this illusory world of glamour and beauty before those shadows claim her.

About the Author

Lilliam Rivera is a MacDowell Fellow and an award-winning author of eight works of fiction: four young adult novels, three middle grade books, and a graphic novel for DC Comics. Her books have been awarded a Pura Belpré honor and featured on NPR and in The New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and multiple “best of” lists. Her novel Never Look Back is slated for a movie adaptation. A Bronx, New York, native, Lilliam Rivera currently lives in Los Angeles.

About LITina Book Club

Erica Bernal is an avid reader who feels passionate about representation and created LITina Book Club; a space where readers can connect with each other and authors to discover new books that tell the many stories in Latine Literature. Each month, she selects a book and holds meetings which are streamed on Instagram live with authors who wrote the book (past authors have included Quiara Alegria Hudes, Maria Hinojosa, Dahlma Llanos Figueroa to name a few). She aims to promote stories as diverse as our culture. By engaging the community in these meetings the club promotes literacy, reading for leisure, and a sense of belonging. Members have stated they learned ro advocate for themselves, use their voice, and have even been inspired to write their own stories.

Erica has worked with organizations such as Taller Puertorriqueño, Latin American Book Fair, and Power Street Theater to host in person events which promote both the book club and Latine spaces for arts and culture.

She says often that she has created this space because its “one she needed as a young Boricua who didn’t see herself in the stories she was reading” since the publishing industry does not typically market to the Latine demographic.