H.O.P.E. Publishing House

Meet a few of our Published Authors

H.O.P.E. stands for Heroes On a Path of Expansion. We publish extraordinary stories from ordinary people that inspire hope and leave a lasting positive impact on the world. Meet the authors who went from "someday" to a published hardcover and their very own Barnes & Noble book signing.

Portrait of Alexandra Key

Alexandra Key

Author of The Hard Hat Advantage

Alexandra Key is a trailblazer in the male-dominated field of construction sales. Known for closing high-value deals and building lasting client relationships, she has earned the trust and respect of colleagues. Yet Alexandra's greatest achievement wasn't professional, it was personal. Once shy and unsure herself, Alexandra found her voice and built a fulfilling career and life. Today, she empowers others to embrace their authentic selves, defy expectation, and build lives they are proud to call their own. Outside of work or writing, Alexandra treasures time with her daughter, partner, family, and friends. She enjoys cooking, horseback riding, traveling, and supporting charitable causes.

About The Hard Hat Advantage

In The Hard Hat Advantage, sales leader Alexandra Key blows up the old-school rulebook and reveals what women truly need to succeed in business without shrinking, apologizing, or pretending to be someone they're not. After more than twenty-five years of crushing sales goals in the male-dominated construction industry, Alexandra discovered an undeniable truth: too many women have been taught to follow rules that were never designed for them. Through raw stories, hard-earned lessons, and her Seven Keys to Unlock Success in Sales and Beyond, you'll learn how to stop self-suppressing and own your voice, command respect in any room, sell and negotiate with confidence, and lead with authenticity and strength. Whether you're climbing the corporate ladder, building your own business, or ready to stop playing small, this book will challenge everything you've been taught about success. You don't need to become someone else. You simply need the courage to demolish the box you were put in.

Cover of The Hard Hat Advantage by Alexandra Key
Portrait of Kelly Lorene Cummings

Kelly Lorene Cummings

Author of It's a Lifestyle Thing

Kelly Lorene is a California native who splits her time between Northern and Southern California. As the youngest of three girls, Kelly views family as her most valuable asset, and loves that her parents and sisters have always been a big part of her life. Kelly attended design school in Long Beach, California before launching multiple careers as an interior designer, home renovator, artist, and aesthetician. She has been redesigning homes for as long as she can remember: to her, design is a way of life that allows her to see the possibilities around her, to seek the beauty and joy of life. Through renovations, resales, and clever investing, Kelly retired before the age of fifty, and she is now living her best life with her lifelong love, husband of over thirty years, and business partner, Mike. Her other favorite people are her wonderful boys Chase and Chandler and her beautiful daughter-in-law Stepheni. There is no place she would rather be than with her friends and family.

About It's a Lifestyle Thing

It's a Lifestyle Thing will empower you to become confident in real estate and investing, creating your unique path to retire, and retire young. But first, Kelly will help you find beauty, purpose, and fulfillment, so you can define your dream and start building a life from your own blueprint. Because a dream life isn't just money or a house: it's a lifestyle.

Cover of It's a Lifestyle Thing by Kelly Lorene Cummings
Portrait of Elba Raquel Ploum

Elba Raquel Ploum

Author of Meant for More

Elba Raquel Ploum is a tenacious and vivacious firecracker born to a Honduran immigrant and raised in the Louisiana heat. She was the second youngest of six siblings. Raquel has a passion for global travel, and she has lived in Sun City, South Africa; Tokyo, Japan; Paris, France; and on both coasts of the United States. She prioritizes personal development and participates in healing retreats and coaching for personal growth. After a lifetime of suppressing trauma, Raquel spent a few years in intentional solitude practicing shadow work. She took a full-on, in depth, honest look at all aspects of herself and found parts that she did not like. She committed to working on them. While reflecting on her life, she organically created her Emotional Intelligence Formula, a 4-step process to acknowledge and evaluate your inner world. Now, she is that vivacious girl again, and she spends her time dancing, reading, shooting pool, and soaking up every minute she gets to spend with her two grown children Ashley and Elijah, her granddaughter Mia, and her four-legged fur baby Gracie.

About Meant for More

Meant for More is an all-too-true telling of a woman's journey to find herself across a lifetime of delightful highs and disastrous lows. It is full of delicious stories and deep wisdom, including Raquel's 4-step Emotional Intelligence Formula that helped her become aware of her own suppression and get back in touch with her true self.

Cover of Meant for More by Elba Raquel Ploum
Portrait of Julie Green

Julie Green

Author of A Thousand Little Memories

Julie Green is a grief recovery specialist, a mother of four, and a registered nurse who has taken care of the tiniest and most vulnerable patients in the NICU for almost thirty years. After the shocking death of her 19-year-old son Jack to suicide, she began a personal journey toward reclaiming joy after profound loss. Along this pilgrimage, Julie gained experience in many therapeutic methods that helped her to move through her grief, including the Grief Recovery Method, a framework that helped her to process the loss of her son and several others. Finally free from the weight of these losses, Julie found the space to recreate herself and her life. Julie is now the Parish Nurse at St. James Episcopal Church in Newport Beach, California and a prominent mental health advocate on their Health Ministry Team and in the greater Orange County area. She became a certified specialist in the Grief Recovery Method and now leads groups of people through their own pilgrimage of healing.

About A Thousand Little Memories

A Thousand Little Memories offers an inspiring story of a mother's resilience in the face of profound loss, guiding readers through their grief with compassion and courage. Julie's pilgrimage up the Mountains of Grief serves as a beacon of hope, helping readers find their footing and recreate their life after loss.

Cover of A Thousand Little Memories by Julie Green
Portrait of E.A. Law

E.A. Law

Author of Her Shadow in the Sky

E.A. Law is the pen name of Elizabeth Thomas. Although she originally aspired to be a creative writer, she became distracted writing software instead, spending several decades building complex automated systems and solving technical issues. Over that time, she collected experiences and observations about life that eventually demanded to be turned into stories. When she isn't writing, she enjoys traveling, sailing, and dancing to 80s music.

About Her Shadow in the Sky

Two sisters. One sky. A lifetime of shadows. In Her Shadow in the Sky, sisters Margaret and Amy spend their lives competing for visibility in each other's shadow, until a plane crash shatters their world and forces everything into the light. Inspired by true events, this humorous, heart-wrenching, and ultimately healing novel is a tribute to sisterhood in all its tenderness, turbulence, and truth.

Available for pre-order November 1, 2026

Cover of Her Shadow in the Sky by E.A. Law
Portrait of Cindy Evans Voorhees

Cindy Evans Voorhees

Author of Spiritual Architect

Reverend Canon Cindy Evans Voorhees is an Episcopal priest, spiritual leader, entrepreneur, and spiritual architect dedicated to helping leaders discover the courage to live into their calling. Before entering the priesthood, Cindy founded Voorhees Design, an interior design and liturgical consulting firm specializing in sacred spaces. Her experience designing physical spaces became the foundation for a deeper calling: helping people build lives and communities grounded in faith, purpose, and courageous leadership. Cindy has served in leadership within the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including as vicar of St. James the Great in Newport Beach, and was named a Canon of the Cathedral Center of St. Paul. Her work has taken her beyond the church into boardrooms, communities, and war zones, including Ukraine, where she has witnessed firsthand the resilience of people facing unimaginable loss and uncertainty. A passionate storyteller and teacher, Cindy believes stories have the power to cross boundaries, expand understanding, and inspire change.

About Spiritual Architect

In Spiritual Architect, Reverend Canon Cindy Evans Voorhees draws on a life shaped by faith, design, leadership, and courageous action to show how our stories can transform the way we lead, and ultimately, the world we help build.

Available for pre-order November 1, 2026

Cover of Spiritual Architect by Cindy Evans Voorhees

The coaches behind every book

Lisa Jimenez, M.Ed., Founder | Publishing & Writing Coach at H.O.P.E. Publishing House

Lisa Jimenez, M.Ed.

Founder | Publishing & Writing Coach

Lisa Jimenez is the visionary founder of H.O.P.E. Publishing House and a six-time bestselling author, mindset and high-performance coach,…

Auriana Renee, Co-Founder, Writing Coach, Head Editor at H.O.P.E. Publishing House

Auriana Renee

Co-Founder, Writing Coach, Head Editor

Auriana Renee is an avid reader, passionate storyteller, and lover of language. She is fluent in Latin, holds a degree in Classics with a…

Fatima, Professional Designer at H.O.P.E. Publishing House

Fatima

Professional Designer

Fatima brings each HPH book to life with her exceptional eye for beauty, balance, and visual storytelling. A professional designer and…

Opeyemi, Professional Typesetter at H.O.P.E. Publishing House

Opeyemi

Professional Typesetter

Opeyemi is the meticulous expert behind the polished interiors of HPH books. As our professional typesetter, he transforms manuscripts into…

Vicki, Final Editor | “Picky Vicki” at H.O.P.E. Publishing House

Vicki

Final Editor | “Picky Vicki”

Affectionately known as “Picky Vicki,” Vicki is our final guardian of quality, and she wears the title proudly! As HPH's final editor, she…

Sunya, Marketing Director at H.O.P.E. Publishing House

Sunya

Marketing Director

As Marketing Director, Sunya brings an unwavering belief in the power of a great story. Her mission is simple: to ensure HPH authors are…

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