--- description: Find out why 'You Had Me at Hola' made the list. title: 'You Had Me at Hola' Is on TIME’s List of the 50 Best Romance Novels image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd70a9a09f04f90d3/698a594b86f68ef5466f565c/You-Had-Me-at-Hola-Alexis-Daria.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Aug 01, 2024 # You Had Me at Hola by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/) ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer  Romance Writers of America RITA award winner Alexis Daria’s 2020 rom-com [_You Had Me at Hola_](https://www.npr.org/2020/08/08/900294339/you-had-me-at-hola-had-us-right-from-the-beginning "undefined")spoofs telenovelas and revolves around actor Jasmine Lin Rodriguez, who has landed a leading role in a buzzy streaming show called _Carmen in Charge_. After going through a painfully public breakup, Jasmine has recently sworn off men—that is, until she meets her co-star, the telenovela icon Ashton Suárez, who plays her ex-husband on the show. The pair’s on-set intimacy training forces them to grow closer, and sparks fly while they rehearse, leading to some passionate, off-camera kissing. As they brace themselves for the impending media spotlight, they both have reasons to keep their romance hidden—and Ashton is worried about an even bigger secret getting out. **Buy Now:** _You Had Me at Hola_ on [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9780062959928 "undefined") | [Amazon](https://amzn.to/462iPJJ "undefined") These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-romance-books/6996643/you-had-me-at-hola/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-romance-books/6996643/you-had-me-at-hola/"},"headline":"You Had Me at Hola","datePublished":"2024-08-01T12:11:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:34:01.476Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-romance-books/6996643/you-had-me-at-hola/","keywords":["Books","E-Commerce","list","Special Project"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd70a9a09f04f90d3/698a594b86f68ef5466f565c/You-Had-Me-at-Hola-Alexis-Daria.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"creator":"Olivia B. Waxman","articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd70a9a09f04f90d3/698a594b86f68ef5466f565c/You-Had-Me-at-Hola-Alexis-Daria.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-romance-books/6996643/you-had-me-at-hola/","name":"You Had Me at Hola"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Romance Authors Share The Book That Got Them Into Romance","description":"Romance authors like Alyssa Cole and Tessa Bailey talk about the book that started it all for them.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/m8vBnzUj/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-07-30T10:00:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/m8vBnzUj.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/best-romance-books/6996643/you-had-me-at-hola/","duration":"PT2M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/best-romance-books/6996643/you-had-me-at-hola/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```