Markets, Margaritas, and Mexico: The Retirement Escape Club, Book 2

By S Lea

After Portugal changed everything, Maggie, Diane, Rita, and Linda are back home in the United States - but home doesn't feel quite the same.

The groceries are too expensive, the news is too loud, and retirement still looks more like a math problem than a reward. So when Mexico comes up in the group chat, the women of the Retirement Escape Club start wondering if their next chapter might be closer than they think.

Mexico offers color, markets, ocean views, mountain towns, healthcare options, shorter flights, and the possibility of staying connected to family without giving up their own dreams. But as the women scout Lake Chapala, Ajijic, Puerto Vallarta, Quer taro, and beyond, they quickly learn that Mexico is not a brochure.

It is beautiful. Complicated. Practical. Humbling. Real.

Between Spanish lessons, family guilt, rental tours, healthcare questions, budget worries, market mishaps, and more than one margarita-fueled confession, the four friends discover that retiring abroad is not just about finding a cheaper place to live.

It's about deciding what kind of life they are still brave enough to choose.

Funny, heartfelt, and full of second-chance courage, Markets, Margaritas, and Mexico is a story about friendship, reinvention, and refusing to let fear - or a small retirement account - have the final word.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H59WZC8Y
• ISBN13: 9798181624658
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"