: Drawing from her background as a storyteller who values "entertaining with intention," the author crafts characters that feel like old friends.

In her evocative novel, Mónica Moreno Fernández-Santa Cruz transports readers to a pivotal moment in Spanish history. Participating in the 2019 Amazon Literary Prize, Otoño y nueces chronicles the lives of Ramón and Rosario, two young souls whose burgeoning dreams and romance are suddenly eclipsed by the onset of the Spanish Civil War.

Fans of historical fiction and suspense appreciate Moreno's ability to mix "hysteria with realism," a style she refined in her other works like The Bohemian Blue Short Stories and her thriller Mentiras . In Otoño y nueces , this translates into a rich, atmospheric journey through a town that smells of rain and holds the weight of history.