Title: Haole Wood
Author: Dee DeTarsio
Price: $$ 
Rating: 4.2 out of 5.0(93)

Winner: San Diego Book Awards, Romance (2013)
Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist (2013)
Readers’ Choice Nominee, Books and Pals (2014)

When San Diego weathercaster, Jaswinder Park, is mysteriously summoned to the island of Maui in Hawaii to help out her grandmother (who was in jail for selling pakalolo), she ends up losing her job.  This fair-haired, light-skinned foreigner, called ‘haole’ by the natives, tries to drown her sorrows in a local bar, doing shots with a charming land developer—who ends up dead. Jaswinder needs to stay on the island to help find the killer to prove it wasn’t her grandmother.

A blistering sunburn leads her to a surfing dermatologist, as well as a whole new career: designing protective resort clothing for sensitive skin.  From launching her clothing line, Haole Wood, to keeping her grandmother out of trouble, Jaswinder needs to learn to embrace the island way of life.  Where’s a guardian angel when you need one?  Aloha!