Category: Romance Publisher: Create Space
ISBN-10: 1463609787
Type: Fiction
Pages: 175
Copyright: Aug. 16, 2011
ISBN-13: 978146309788
Price: $6.00 (eBook)
Passion, hula, and politics in Hawaii as lovely Kelia Nimura joins Hawaiians trying to stop bombing of Kahoolawe Island off Maui and end land evictions.
The scene is set in this coming-of-age novel as Kelia Nimura, a high school graduate relocates from Hilo to Honolulu in 1964 to start a Degree at the University of Hawaii and becomes embroiled in several passionate relationships with attractive but dangerous men. From a naive, small-town girl, hoping only for a marriage to a handsome Marine, Kelia grows to be a self-sufficient activist and hula teacher dedicated to the betterment of Native Hawaiians.
Excerpt
"I found myself staring at Orrie's considerable good looks. I gave him a quick kiss.
"Mahalo," he replied grasping me in a tight bear hug that attracte knowing looks from passerby's.
"That old dragon's got y'all learning Hawaiian, eh?"
"What's in the bag?" I asked him, staring at the huge Army duffle bag he was carrying.
"Everything we need for today, Sugar. Come on. The bus for Makaha leaves from the main bus loop in thirty minutes."
"Makaha?" I queried softly, not wanting to be heard by others. "There's nothing out there burt surf and sand."
"Deserted beaches," Orrie explained quietly, Finally I'm going to have you all alone."
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