The release date for the English version of 'The Spanish Daughter' by
Lorena Hughes is Dec 2021. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
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Puri always knew as a young child growing up in Spain that her father was the source of her love for chocolate. However, it isn't until his passing that she finds out about another inheritance she received: a cocoa plantation in Vinces, Ecuador, often known as "París Chiquito." After World War I, she and her husband Cristóbal sailed out across the Atlantic Ocean, eager to claim her birthright and full of hope for a new life. However, it soon becomes apparent that Puri's claim to the estate has enraged someone.
Puri disguises herself as her husband in order to keep alive as she investigates her father's inheritance in Ecuador after a mercenary hired to kill her on board the ship inadvertently kills Cristóbal instead. Despite being emancipated from the expectations placed on women, Puri still has to deal with difficulties at the estate, including her father's sinister secrets, new siblings, and covert relationships. Additionally, there are the risks brought about by her attraction to a mysterious man while she attempts to identify an enemy who is still at large and poses a threat to the future she is eager to seize.
Admirers of Julia Alvarez and Silvia Moreno-Garcia will love this gripping book, which immerses you in the beautiful, tropical setting of Ecuador in the 1920s while fusing family drama, a perilous mystery, and the actual history of the seaside town dubbed the "birthplace of cacao."