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Book Launch: "The Secrets We Keep The Lies We Tell" with Annette Ortiz Mata.
Sat, Sep 19
|Cafe con Libros
Time & Location
Sep 19, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Cafe con Libros, 724 Prospect Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11216
About the Event
ABOUT THE BOOK:
A marriage built on secrets unravels in ‘The Secrets We Keep, The Lies We Tell’
Award-winning author Annette Ortiz Mata delivers a psychological drama about power, silence and survival MOORPARK, Calif. – What if escaping poverty meant stepping into something far more dangerous? Award-winning author Annette Ortiz Mata confronts that question in her latest novel, “The Secrets We Keep The Lies We Tell: A Novel” (published by AuthorHouse), a psychological romance-thriller that explores love, ambition and the cost of
chasing dreams without fully understanding the price.
Set in the Bronx, the story follows Sophia Ramirez, a young Latina woman determined to escape the housing projects and create a life of safety and opportunity. Convinced that the grass is greener on the other side, when she marries Steven Young — an accomplished, affluent, and socially connected professional. Their wedding is lavish, attended by prominent figures and splashed across…
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