15 + 15 = 30

**Spoilers**

Camila Is a very busy workaholic dentist with no time for anything but dentistry. The owner of the practice is getting ready to retire and he is shuffling off all of his patients onto her. When confronted by her concerned friend and mother with the imbalance in her life she says something like, “I am the daughter of an immigrant. Working hard is what we do!” All children of immigrants, Take Note! Camille’s Father, who died 3 years ago was born in Mexico and when he emigrated to the United States, he wanted to assimilate fully because of his full commitment to his new country. Because of this, Camila was raised in almost total ignorance of her father’s country and its culture and traditions. Her lovely mother Sherri, played by Sherry Miller, is also still trying to recover from her beloved husband’s death. She is a school teacher and while Camila is visiting her school to give a talk on dental care, she runs across Javi, a Mexican American, teaching Spanish to the little rug rats. After finishing a story, he concludes it with a Spanish phrase that her father also used to say and it really sparks in Camila an interest in the Mexican heritage her father ignored. They talk, he comforts her because she gets all weepy, and eventually, she decides to take him up on his offer to join the adult Spanish class he teaches at night. Javi is pretty smitten, one can see right away, as is Camila, though she is very busy. Javi introduces her to his family and all things Mexican, food especially. Her 30^th birthday is coming up and she decides to have a “Double Quinceañera”. I was pretty skeptical of this idea as I know from another Hallmark that the Quinceañera is a very important 15^th Birthday party/rite of passage symbolizing the change from girlhood into womanhood and is taken very seriously. Kind of like a bar mitzvah but for girls and not religious. But then I found out it’s a real thing in the community and not something Hallmark made up.

Sherri and Camila’s friend Maren are all in and especially happy that Camila has found a possible love interest in Javi. All proceeds in a romance according to Hallmark way until Javi and Camilla kiss one night and Javi backs off and tells her he’s not ready to get serious. Turns out that Javi had his heart broken once and has commitment issues. But really? He kind of pursued her relentlessly complete with smoldering looks. I was pretty disgusted.

At the Quinceañera, Javi apologizes and tells her that he is now ready to settle down and has accepted a full-time teaching position at the school. But it’s too late! Because Camilla has decided to ditch taking over the dental practice from her boss and move to Mexico to help the teeth of needy Mexican children! Turns out whitening clients’ teeth until they are “practically Day-Glo” is not what she signed up for. Serves you right, Javi! Of course, things are worked out at the end, including for Camila’s Mom who might possibly be starting to move forward in the romance department herself with her Quinceañera dance instructor.

It was a pretty standard story albeit with a healthy and welcome dose of Mexican culture. Alexa PenaVega is just fine but unfortunately, I prefer her to star with leading men other than her husband, who of course plays Javi in this one.  I think it’s because knowing that they are married in real life with 3 kids takes me out of the story. It’s worth checking out but you won’t miss much if you doze off.