Tell-all biographical books are the latest trend among Latina models and actresses whose careers are starting to turn away from the camera lenses. These written works are often filled with sordid details about what the authors expose as the realities of living in the world of glamour, where they make choices and tradeoffs that they later regret.

In recent months, The Costa Rica Star published a synopsis by Agencia EFE about “Straight Walk,” an autobiography by fashion model and Hollywood actress Patricia Velazquez, who confessed to years of cocaine use, prostitution and a libertine lifestyle that was part of an attempt to hide her true lesbian identity from the world. Now comes a new book by Lynda Diaz, a smoldering Puerto Rican beauty whose career was cemented in Costa Rica as an entertainment model, television host, and source of constant fodder for the gossip media.

Lynda Diaz no longer resides in Costa Rica. After a successful career, three divorces, four children and a series of scandals that often made tabloid headlines, Ms. Diaz left Costa Rica to move in with Brian Poli-Dixon, a fitness trainer and former journeyman player for the National Football League (NFL) of the United States.

Back in Costa Rica to launch her autobiography, Ms. Diaz held a press conference at a luxury hotel and announced that her book, which costs 10,000 colones (about $20), can be purchased at the LuxUri Estetica beauty shop in Escazu and Curridabat.

Speaking to Ariel Chaves Gonzalez of daily tabloid Diario Extra, Ms. Diaz explained that she finished the book after more than a year of difficult introspective, which includes accusations of sexual abuse perpetrated against her daughter by an ex-husband who is a powerful businessman in Costa Rica. In fact, these allegations turned into legal complaints that will be debated in court next year.

Ms. Diaz also explained that her marriage to U.S. millionaire Clarence Gary Austin was not for money even though he was 60 years old when they met; she was about 30 at the time. Mr. Austin, along with one-time Canadian billionaire Calvin Ayre, is considered to be a pioneer of the sportsbook industry in Costa Rica, which developed parallel to the commercial advent of the World Wide Web and the Dot-Com bubble on Wall Street.

The opulent Diaz-Austin nuptials were the stuff of legend. According to Ms. Diaz, $20K worth of flowers were shipped from Guatemala (cheaper than flowers from Costa Rica). For some reason, the Catholic Church did not allow her wedding to take place in one of their sacred institutions.

Although the divorce settlement obtained by Ms. Diaz from Mr. Austin was rumored to be worth millions of dollars, she declines to provide exact figures. Ms. Diaz, however, explains that she has invested the money wisely in a swimwear line she manages with her daughter, plus she has four real estate investments: two in Costa Rica, one in Miami and another one in the Aspen ski resort.

On the topic of money, Ms. Diaz added that she could have had even more had she accepted the various indecent proposals she claims to have encountered in Costa Rica. By her own account, she never accepted money for sex, even though the offers would arrive through secret, third-party channels.