I picked this one purely for the setting. Hawaii had to be covered for my 50 States challenge, and the title fit the bill. The good news is the scenery descriptions were lovely; I could almost feel the trade winds and smell the plumeria. The bad news was everything else.
This was a Harlequin suspense, which basically means you can set your watch by the plot: Boy meets girl. Girl gets into trouble. Boy gallops in on his trusty steed (well, maybe a Jeep Wrangler this time). Cue murders, a lovers’ spat, a couple of sex scenes, and voilà! Happily ever after.
The suspense didn’t hook me, the romance didn’t either, and the characters felt about as deep as a puddle in the tropics. I should have known as soon as I saw the cover on the ebook. I’m much more murder-and-mayhem than flowers-and-rainbows.
