Quick, Quick, Slow

Some women find themselves in therapy. Gia found herself in rhinestone heels.Blindsided and newly single, Gia DeLuca trades the grind of New York for one easy summer in San Diego with her favorite cousin. She wonders if thirty-something is too late to want more.One night in the Gaslap Quarter answers that question.When dancing wakes up something she buried years ago, she finds herself pulled toward the one person she shouldn't want. Sebastián Solano is San Diego's favorite celebrity, the son of salsa royalty, and a soccer legend whose career ended too soon.What starts as a favor — a pro-am competition for Sebastián's sister's studio — becomes something neither of them expected. Somewhere between charged rehearsals and music that says everything they can't, Gia stops being the woman the safe life required. And Sebastián wonders if there's life beyond the roar of the crowd.Every woman deserves one summer that reminds her who she really is. Tropes You'll Love: Forced Proximity, He Falls First, Second Chances, Slow Burn, Found Family, Dance RomanceSpice level: 2.5 / 5 — slow burn with palpable tension and steamy scenes once the heat finally breaks.Quick, Quick, Slow is Book One in the San Diego After Dark series, where salsa, bachata, and tango become the language of desire and every dance is a love story waiting to happen.