A good look beyond Miami’s glitz. Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez lastest book

“Everyone in Miami knows Ricky Biscayne, the Latin pop sensation who’s about to cross over into the mainstream music scene.

He’s the center of an emotional and professional spider web that connects various women in Miami. There’s Jill Sanchez, the Latina actress and singer who also owns a line of perfumes and designer clothes. There’s Irene Gallagher, a single mother who juggles her fire fighting job and the care of her 15-year-old daughter, Sophia, who looks too much like the Latin heartthrob she dated in high school. And there’s Milan Gotay, a frumpy laxative publicist and diehard fan of Ricky who happens to be investing in her sister Geneva’s new South Beach nightclub.

Their connection to Ricky is the foundation for the humorous “Make Him Look Good,” the third novel by former Boston Globe writer Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez.”

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