Christine Hughes
DEBUT YA NOVEL, TORN, ASKS “CAN THERE BE HOPE WITHOUT DESPAIR?”
Book Launch Party-Booktowne 171 Main Street Manasquan – Saturday June 23, 2012 from 1pm-3pm, Local New Jersey author Christine Hughes will be presenting her debut novel, “TORN.” Enjoy a reading, question and answer session, and signing.
Saturday August 4, 2012 meet and greet the author at the YA Fest in Easton, PA from 11-3 at the Easton Area Public Library.
Friday September 28, 2012 attend the Baltimore Book Festival in Baltimore, MD where Hughes will be participating in the Author Tent book-signing event.
Saturday October 6, 2012, Christine will be joining other authors at the Collingswood Book Festival in Collingswood, NJ.
TORN: With the sudden, mysterious death of her father, Samantha discovers her life isn’t what it seems. Not only isn’t she the normal teenage girl she thought she was, Sam must now take her father’s place in the fight between two groups of fallen angels—the Faithful and the Exiled—in a race to save humanity. In addition to dealing with the devastating betrayal of her friend and her feelings for someone she is forbidden to love, Sam must also fight the growing darkness within her as she struggles to make a choice between fighting alongside the Faithful or succumbing to the temptation of the Exiled. Both sides require sacrifices Sam isn’t sure she can make.
“The storyline in Torn is unusual and refreshing. While it’s about the fight between good and evil—a common enough plot—the heroine is born of the dark but determined to fight for the light…As she struggles to make her choice, the plot shifts on us and gives us more than one surprise. I was very impressed by Hughes. Her writing is quite good, her characters refreshing, and the storyline much more sophisticated than is normal for YA. I found myself riveted from the very first page.” n Regan Murphy, reviewer
TORN will be available June 9, 2012 at www.barnesandnoble.com , www.amazon.com, www.smashwords.com and www.blackopalbooks.com .
About the author: Christine is a former New Jersey English teacher living out her dream as a published author.

