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Lorena Hughes

Biography

Lorena Hughes

Lorena Hughes is the award-winning author of THE SPANISH DAUGHTER and THE SISTERS OF ALAMEDA STREET. Born and raised in Ecuador, she moved to the United States when she was 18. Her previous work has won first place at the 2011 Southwest Writers International Contest in the historical fiction category, earned an honorable mention at the 2012 Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition, and placed quarter-finalist in the 2014 Amazon Breakout Novel Award. Named one of 9 Rising Latina Authors You Don’t Want to Miss by HIP LATINA, she’s the coordinator of the UNM Writers Conference.

Lorena Hughes

Books by Lorena Hughes

The Spanish Daughter
by Lorena Hughes - Fiction, Historical Fiction

As a child in Spain, Puri always knew her passion for chocolate was inherited from her father. But it’s not until his death that she learns of something else she’s inherited --- a cocoa estate in Vinces, Ecuador, a town nicknamed “París Chiquito.” Eager to claim her birthright and filled with hope for a new life after the devastation of World War I, she and her husband, Cristóbal, set out across the Atlantic Ocean. But it soon becomes clear that someone is angered by Puri’s claim to the estate. When a mercenary sent to murder her aboard the ship accidentally kills Cristóbal instead, Puri dons her husband’s clothes and assumes his identity, hoping to stay safe while she searches for the truth of her father’s legacy in Ecuador.