Comments on: Melting Pot Challenge: Hispanic Characters

By: Virginia DeMarce

Virginia DeMarce — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:11:06 +0000

From the blurb of the 1982 reprint: They called him the Golden Hawk, Kit Gerado, whose tawny mane and fierce hungers were know and feared thoughout the Caribbean. As ruthless as he was passionate, he plundered the seas on a savage quest for vengeance and love.”

As for Yerby: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Yerby

By: Virginia DeMarce

Virginia DeMarce — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:07:11 +0000

Umm . . . Frank Yerby, The Golden Hawk (1952 or so). It’s been a while. The Hispanic girl didn’t get the hero, but she wasn’t a villainess, either.

By: LeeAnn

LeeAnn — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:42:36 +0000

“Daughter of Valdoro” by Evelyn Stewart Armstrong was set in Brazil after Land Reform Laws. The hero was a general come to enforce the new laws and the heroine was a landowners daughter. It was quite a lovely romance and a dance scene I loved! …. It was published in 1977. The cover of the book I have is very plain – a woman in profile – but later covers were pretty dopey.

By: Meri

Meri — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:18:37 +0000

Latin american here, so please excuse my english.

I would recommend Isabel Allende, her historicals were the books that broke all my prejudices about romance novels. The quality of her writing, the research and study of the periods make her one of the most recognized authors in Latinamerica.
House of the Spirits and Daughter of Fortune are my favourites.

http://www.amazon.com/Isabel-Allende/e/B000APY7B8

By: Nancy Goldberg Levine

Nancy Goldberg Levine — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:12:16 +0000

I read Judith McNaught’s “Tender Triumph,” which was one of my favorites. I haven’t read the others, but I do remember reading a historical featuring Hispanic characters but I’m having trouble remembering the title or the author. The plot and characters stick in my mind…the heroine worked as a maid in a house of prostitution and had a crush on the hero. They meet again 10 years later but she doesn’t tell him about her past (because by then the madam has died and the madam who takes over wants the heroine to become a prostitute). It sounds corny the way I’m describing it, but it was a wonderful book.

By: Maggie AAR

Maggie AAR — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:01:29 +0000

Thank you so much for coming by! I will have to check out The Fifth Kingdom, it sounds like something I would really enjoy. And thank you also for telling me about the other writers from Encanto who are still active. I will look into rheir books.

By: Maggie AAR

Maggie AAR — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:58:31 +0000

I want to see Jill do Maria and the other cop. I am so glad I “found” this author, she really is fantastic.

By: Maggie AAR

Maggie AAR — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:56:58 +0000

Love Tender Triumph. I lived in St. Louis back when I read it and was stunned by how well she captured that setting. My mom is from Puerto Rico and I felt she did a great job with that culture as well.

By: Carla Kelly

Carla Kelly — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:41:39 +0000

Thanks for the Daughter of Fortune mention. Yes, it’s violent, but the event was violent, and I toned it down for readers, believe it or not. I just finished writing a historical mystery set in 1780 northern New Mexico, about a brand inspector ( juez de campo) living on the scary edge of Comancheria, as the Spanish are slowly pulling back from that frontier. (little knowing that there
would someday be great skiing there…)

By: willaful

willaful — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:57:11 +0000

Haven't read these, except the Kelly, which I remember finding much too violent. I did recently read The Superheroes Union: Dynama, a fun book with a Latina superhero heroine.