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Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream

By Tehlor Kay Mejia
Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream by Tehlor Kay Mejia digital book - Fable

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A small-town bartender juggles motherhood and a sexual awakening in this heartwarming queer friends-to-lovers romance from the author of Sammy Espinoza’s Last Review.

Cash Delgado has a good life in the quaint town of Ridley Falls. She has Joyce’s Bar, where she manages a familiar group of regulars and emcees the ever-popular Karaoke Thursday. She has her six-year-old daughter, Parker, whose spunky attitude always keeps life interesting. And she has her best friend, Inez O’Conner, who improves Cash’s sometimes overly responsible outlook with one full of joy and potential.

But change is on the horizon when Chase Stanton, the former bar manager at Joyce’s (not to mention Cash’s last hookup), returns to town with business prospects that could threaten the local institution and all of Cash’s plans to someday bring new life to the place. And if that isn’t enough, Cash starts having very intimate dreams of Inez. Dreams that could threaten the foundation of her well-ordered life.

As Cash embarks on a reluctant journey of self-discovery, she’s forced to confront all the ways she’s been hiding in her own life. But will she choose to remain the same, or will the desire for love (even a love that looks different than she ever imagined) prove worth the risk?

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44 Reviews

3.5
“Super cute Queer romance! Cash and Inez not only had an incredible friendship but getting to watch them turn that friendship into something so beautiful was a treat. I loved the whole cast of characters and the plot was really cute in itself. It’s sweet, it’s spicy, it’s Gay. What more could you want? The Audiobook very good! Thank you to the Author Tehlor Kay Mejia for writing this super sweet love story, and thank you to E A Castillo for narrating it!”
Thumbs Up“It took me about a week to finish this book because I ran out of audiobook hours on Spotify. Which was wack as heck. This books is a friends to lovers trope. A trope that gives me the ick, but it was well executed in this book. The trope in general gives me the ick because I can’t imagine falling in love with my best friend. However, this was also a late in life coming out book, which I thought was neat. It sends a great message to those late in life and learning about their queer identity. I would reccomend this book to a friend who is looking for a late in life sexuality discovery romance. It was an easy read. The plot and romance worked. I did not care for their mutual goal. I also loved the single mom aspect of the book. It made the book fun, light and refreshing to have a child as a side character. There was spice, 3/5 and it was well written!”

About Tehlor Kay Mejia

Tehlor Kay Mejia is the author of Sammy Espinoza’s Last Review and the critically acclaimed young-adult fantasy duology We Set the Dark on Fire and We Unleash the Merciless Storm. Their debut middle-grade series, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears, is currently in development at Disney as a television series. Mejia lives with their daughter, partner, and two small dogs in Oregon, where they grow heirloom corn and continue their quest to perfect the vegan tamale.

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