Released on = July 20, 2006, 11:08 am

Press Release Author = Caridad Pineiro

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = DALLAS, Texas: From her ground-breaking and award-winning
multi-cultural romances to her successful vampire series for Harlequin, Caridad
Piñeiro has been carefully carving out a place for Latina heroines in mainstream
publishing. Caridad will celebrate her latest releases in Dallas at the Latino Book
& Family Festival at the Dallas Market Center on July 29 and 30 and the CATALINA
magazine Spa Event at the Crescent Court Spa on July 31.

Press Release Body = In September, Caridad will continue her campaign with her first
women\'s fiction novel for Downtown Press -- SEX AND THE SOUTH BEACH CHICAS. The
publishing world is already abuzz about this work. New York Times bestselling
author Eloisa James called it \"Chocolate with a cayenne pepper kick!\" USA Today
Bestselling Novelist Jennifer Greene noted that SEX AND THE SOUTH BEACH CHICAS was
\"(a) zesty, sexy read about real single women today . . . I couldn\'t put it down!\"

And what does Caridad think about her breakout novel? \"I wanted to write about the
life experiences that we all encounter as women. SEX AND THE SOUTH BEACH CHICAS
gave me the opportunity to explore what happens with a life-long relationship has to
deal with sudden change -- in this case, a surprise elopement.\"

What happens, as readers will soon realize, is a series of countless surprises as
the four friends discover that love and life are fickle and ever changing. Tori,
Adriana, Sylvia and Juli -- four successful and accomplished women in their own
right -- soon have to not only rebuild their friendship, but must also deal with all
the other issues in their in lives.

\"It was important for me to delve into the many relationships that women face today
and not just romantic ones. The thing that I loved most about SEX AND THE SOUTH
BEACH CHICAS is that it let me explore how women interact with friends, but also,
how women deal with their mothers,\" says Caridad, who confesses that in each of the
mother-daughter relationships were not only pearls of wisdom from her own mother,
but also some of the angst she went through as she declared her independence.

\"My mother was not just my mom, but my friend and mentor, much the same way the moms
are in SEX AND THE SOUTH BEACH CHICAS,\" Caridad notes. Because of that, she hopes
readers will identify with their own relationships with their mothers, as well as
their friendships with the women in their lives.

The release of SEX AND THE SOUTH BEACH CHICAS in September marks the release of
Caridad\'s twelfth novel. In addition to SEX AND THE SOUTH BEACH CHICAS, Caridad
will release MORE THAN A MISSION in August. In December look for DEATH CALLS, book
number four in her successful vampire series -- THE CALLING. DEATH CALLS will help
Harlequin launch its new NOCTURNE paranormal line.

When not writing, Caridad is a mother, wife and partner in a Manhattan law firm.
She has appeared on various television programs and her works have been featured in
a number of magazines and newspapers. She has also appeared at BookExpo America --
in 2000 as one of the artists at the first ever Spanish Book Pavilion and in 2006
for Harlequin at the launch of the Nocturne line.

For more information on Caridad Pineiro, please contact Caren Johnson at Firebrand
Literary, www.firebrandliterary.com.

Web Site = http://www.caridad.com

Contact Details = CARIDAD PIÑEIRO
c/o Firebrand Literary
Firebrandliterary.com
14 Easton Avenue, #360
New Brunswick, NJ 08901