Hope Misplaced is a non-fiction memoir based on true events: It is the story of Kristi Hughes, a young woman struggling to find her way amid the greatest tragedy of her life. As a teenager, she journeys down the road of rebellion and often finds herself in harm's way. It's Kristi's senior year in high school and she is forced to choose between the life of freedom she's been chasing and the young man she loves. When the consequences of her reckless choices come crashing down, Kristi finds hope in the last place she would have ever expected.