Praise for Next Year in Havana

A flat-out stunner of a book, at once a dual-timeline mystery, a passionate romance, and paean to the tragedy and beauty of war-torn Cuba. Simply wonderful!-Kate Quinn, USA Today bestselling author of The Alice Network

A vivid, transporting novel. Next Year in Havana is about journeys-into exile, into history, and into questions of home and identity. It's an engrossing read.-David Ebershoff, author of The Danish Girl and The 19th Wife

An evocative, passionate story of family loyalty and forbidden love that moves seamlessly between the past and present of Cuba's turbulent history...Next Year in Havana kept me enthralled and savoring every word.-Shelley Noble, New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Beach

Chanel Cleeton's prose is as beautiful as Cuba itself, and the story she weaves-of exile and loss, memory and myth, forbidden love and enduring friendship-is at once sweeping and beautifully intimate.-Jennifer Robson, USA Today bestselling author of Somewhere in France

An enticing and wonderful read for lovers of historical fiction and soul-searching journeys.-Library Journal (starred review)

An undeniably personal and intimate look at Cuba then and now, wrapped around the gripping story of two women torn between love and country.-Renee Rosen, author of Windy City Blues

Chanel Cleeton delivers an amazing and captivating read!-Alix Rickloff, author of On the Way to London

With graceful prose, Cleeton evokes the former grandeur of 1950s Cuba, and contrasts it with modern day Miami in this sweeping family saga of loss and love.-Heather Webb, author of Last Christmas in Paris

A compelling, un-put-downable page-turner told from two equally powerful female narratives...A must read.-Lia Riley, author of It Happened on Love Street

Next Year in Havana is a ravishing jewel of romance, hope, family, and the history in Cuba.-Weina Dai Randel, author of The Moon in the Palace

This gritty tale pulls back the curtain on revolutionary and modern Cuba, allowing us a glimpse of the courage, heartache, and sacrifices of those who left their country in exile, and also those who stayed behind.-Stephanie Thornton, author The Conqueror's Wife

Next Year in Havana is a riveting, moving novel that explores the ever-relevant themes of love and sacrifice, family and duty, patriotism and resistance. Cleeton describes Havana so vividly that I felt I was there. I could not put this book down!-Alyssa Palombo, author of The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence