Caridad Pineiro® Romance Author
NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Romance Author
NY Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Caridad Pineiro shares photos and stories from the past.
It seems like a lifetime ago that I put on these robes to graduate from law school and begin my career as a lawyer. Being a lawyer had its good and bad moments. I try not to think about the bad so much and focus on the good, like the fact that my job let me visit over a dozen different countries. I had many wonderful clients and colleagues. Most importantly, my lawyer job led me back to my writing and I am forever grateful for that. So here I am on graduation day!
My family was on my mind a lot as I worked on EXILED HEARTS (tentative title), my new book for Sourcebooks. EXiLED HEARTS is a story about a grandmother, mother, and daughter separated by the past. When the grandmother reaches out to the granddaughter to try to set things to right, the family’s history is revealed. All three women must come to terms with the past and also with the future as the granddaughter finds herself falling in love with her grandmother’s right-hand man.
Much of the history in this story is based on my family’s real-life history in leaving Cuba and you get to meet my grandparents in that novel. The story of them dragging around two little girls while they tried to get into the U.S. is true as is the story of the grandfather lying about his age to make himself younger so he could get work and help support the family. And like the great-grandmother in EXILED HEARTS, my grandmother was the one who watched my sister and me as my parents went off to work.
This is a picture of Antonio and Nieves, my grandparents. Two courageous, hard-working, and loving people who gave everything for their family.
My family was separated before we could all come together in the United States. Castro had kept my grandparents and my sister and me in Cuba and so my brother and parents were in the U.S. before we could join them. Even after we were able to leave Cuba, it took many months before my grandparents and my sister and me were able to legally enter the country. This photo is a snapshot of my parents and brother in the U.S. before we were reunited.
I’m getting ready for the re-release of FURY CALLS, another book in The Calling is Reborn Vampire Novel Series in a few weeks so I thought it would be a perfect time to share the video trailer for the series. Hope you enjoy! To check out the various books in the series, please visit http://bit.ly/2q8AVto.
Happy happy birthday my dearest daughter! I am so proud of the woman you have become. Talented. Creative. Funny. Loving. I wish you nothing but joy and happiness on this day and for the rest of your life! Love you!
My sis and I are both moving and packing and uncovering a treasure trove of old things. This is a newspaper article congratulating our mom on doing very well on her exams and being a pre-eminent student. She was such an amazing woman and we lost her too soon!
One of the few things I was able to take out of Cuba was my baby doll. His name is Pepito and this is a photo of Pepito holding a photo of me sleeping with him. No, I don’t sleep with him anymore, but he sits by me while I do my writing. My daughter’s friends think he’s a little creepy, but he’s been my constant companion for a long time.
