616 Set against the lush backdrop of early twentieth century Ecuador and inspired by the real-life history of the coastal town known as the birthplace of cacao, this captivating #OwnVoices novel from the award-winning author of The Sisters of Alameda Street tells the story of a resourceful young chocolatier who must impersonate a man in order to survive...
Lorena lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico and can be found online at Lorena-Hughes.com..
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.
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.
Born and raised in Ecuador, she moved to the United States when she was eighteen.
A Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books: Fall/Winter 2021 selection About author(s): Lorena Hughes is the award-winning author of The Spanish Daughter and T he Sisters of Alameda Street .
Then there are the dangers awakened by her attraction to an enigmatic man as she tries to learn the identity of an enemy who is still at large, threatening the future she is determined to claim.
Though freed from the rules that women are expected to follow, Puri confronts other challenges at the plantation--newfound siblings, hidden affairs, and her father\'s dark secrets.
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.
But it soon becomes clear, someone is angered by Puri\'s claim to the plantation...
But it\'s not until his death that she learns of something else she\'s inherited--a cocoa plantation in Vinces, Ecuador, a town nicknamed "Paris Chiquito." Eager to claim her birthright and filled with hope for a new life after the devastation of WWI, she and her husband Cristóbal set out across the Atlantic Ocean.
As a child in Spain, Puri always knew her passion for chocolate was inherited from her father. 616 Set against the lush backdrop of early twentieth century Ecuador and inspired by the real-life history of the coastal town known as the birthplace of cacao, this captivating #OwnVoices novel from the award-winning author of The Sisters of Alameda Street tells the story of a resourceful young chocolatier who must impersonate a man in order to survive..
