Malena's Tango — Lorena Hughes

A generational saga that mixes historical fiction with the romance and intrigue of a Latin soap opera.

Malena Sevilla's tidy, ordered world crashes down when her father commits suicide, leaving behind only a letter from her mother, who Malena thought had died in childbirth. The letter, signed only with an "A", leads her to San Isidro -- a quaint town tucked in the Andean mountains -- intent on discovering who her real mother is. There she meets the Platas sisters, four unconventional women whose names all start with an A.

Fearful of causing a scandal for this respectable family, Malena assumes another woman's identity and enters their home to discover the truth. Could her mother be Amanda, the charming widow who opens the first tango nightclub in a conservative town? Ana, the ideal housewife with a less-than-ideal past? Abigail, the sickly sister in love with a forbidden man? Or Alejandra, the introverted jeweler scarred by her cousin's murder? But living a lie will bring Malena additional problems, such as falling for the wrong man and loving a family she may lose when they learn of her deceit. Worse, her arrival threatens to reveal long-buried secrets among the Platas's, and the truth she so craves may wreck her life forever.

Set in 1960s Ecuador, MALENO'S TANGO is a sweeping story of how one woman's search for the truth of her identity forces a family to confront their own past.