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Last Sunset in San Miguel

For a Generation of Dreamers, This Last One Really Must Come True

In a contemporary echo to the lost generation of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, Rachel Barnes and her circle of expats in magical San Miguel de Allende, Mexico struggle to make their last dreams come true before it’s too late.

Coming February 9, 2027

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With bracing insight and sensitivity, this novel explores the thorny question of whether it’s ever too late to start over.
Christine SneedAuthor of Paris, He Said and The Virginity of Famous Men
Authentic, earned, and deeply moving.
Jacquelyn MitchardAuthor of The Deep End of the Ocean
Dragonette’s storytelling squeezes out deep and rich human emotions—love, regret, longing, and personal legacy—through sharp dialogue full of hidden meaning and emotional weight.
David W. BernerAuthor of American Moon
Full of delicious plot twists about bonds and betrayals, romance and finance, and how no new beginning can ever be completely new.
Kathleen RooneyAuthor of Man Overboard!
Dragonette presents a host of characters who are both interesting and lovable. [A] touching novel of expats and new beginnings later in life. Great for fans of Kathleen Rooney’s Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk.
Publishers Weekly BookLife
Dragonette transforms place into character, brings San Miguel de Allende’s vibrant tapestry of food, colors, architecture, culture to the page in lush detail...
Christine Maul RiceAuthor of Swarm Theory and Sick Water
An atmospheric story about a spirited American woman who opens a bar in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico to escape her past, only to be followed by a group of lost expats whose thwarted dreams and last chance for meaning threaten her new life.
Gioia DilibertoAuthor of Coco in Paris and Paris Without End
With bracing insight and sensitivity, this novel explores the thorny question of whether it’s ever too late to start over.
Christine SneedAuthor of Paris, He Said and The Virginity of Famous Men
Authentic, earned, and deeply moving.
Jacquelyn MitchardAuthor of The Deep End of the Ocean
Dragonette’s storytelling squeezes out deep and rich human emotions—love, regret, longing, and personal legacy—through sharp dialogue full of hidden meaning and emotional weight.
David W. BernerAuthor of American Moon
Full of delicious plot twists about bonds and betrayals, romance and finance, and how no new beginning can ever be completely new.
Kathleen RooneyAuthor of Man Overboard!
Dragonette presents a host of characters who are both interesting and lovable. [A] touching novel of expats and new beginnings later in life. Great for fans of Kathleen Rooney’s Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk.
Publishers Weekly BookLife
Dragonette transforms place into character, brings San Miguel de Allende’s vibrant tapestry of food, colors, architecture, culture to the page in lush detail...
Christine Maul RiceAuthor of Swarm Theory and Sick Water
An atmospheric story about a spirited American woman who opens a bar in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico to escape her past, only to be followed by a group of lost expats whose thwarted dreams and last chance for meaning threaten her new life.
Gioia DilibertoAuthor of Coco in Paris and Paris Without End

Rita Dragonette

Rita Dragonette is a writer who, after a career telling the stories of others as an award-winning public relations executive, returned to her original creative path as a novelist, essayist, and literary salonnière. Last Sunset in San Miguel is her second novel.

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