{"product_id":"2940012854117","title":"Aloha Paradise","description":"Aloha Paradise is a sexy, fast, fun, teary, and well researched page turner from start to finish. If Leonard Elmore and Carl Hiaasen novels keep you captivated, this story is right up your alley. The book is written with the same plot entanglements, energy, edgy humor, character quirks and vernacularisms they are famous for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe settings are lush and tropical; the sights, sounds, scents, scenes, and flavors of Hawaii are all delightfully woven and painted into this entertaining and fast paced story. The book whisks the reader around the islands of Oahu and Maui, then down to tropical Mexico exposing the reader to their beauty, food, culture, languages, and legends as the plot develops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAloha Paradise involves the escapades of Kawika, a well-meaning young lad who happens to make his living on the wrong side of the fence. Kawika is a dreamer with a sarcastic and playful personality. He is fed up with his lifestyle and knows he needs a change but his antics always get in the way. He hatches a plan that could change his life but it could also lead to serious consequences. It’s all or bust. Like the double entendre title, Kawika's world is both playful and dangerous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe plot has several twists as it starts off in Hawaii, takes a detour on a stolen sailboat, and ends on a tropical stretch of beach in Mexico with the mysterious expat CIA agent Gene Palms and his lovely wife Margarita. Near the end, Kawika is still without the one thing that will make him happy but a letter from home gives him hope. Will Kawika finally get what he is looking for?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders of Aloha Paradise will find it is fun, funny, well researched, fast paced, interesting, sexy, and a real page turner from start to finish. Aloha Paradise is a great story to enjoy during the plane ride, relaxing in your hotel, or sitting at the beach sipping on your Mai Tai.","brand":"Calivada Consulting, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172362567920,"sku":"2940012854117","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012854117_p0.jpg?v=1763573452","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012854117","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}