Mai Tai One on: The Tiki Goddess Mystery Series Book 1 - Softcover

Landis, Jill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611940443 ISBN 13: 9781611940442

Publisher: Bell Bridge Books, 2011

Synopsis

"I loved this book!" -- Susan Elizabeth Phillips, New York Times Bestselling author

"Smart and sassy, fun and endearing." -- Kristin Hannah, New York Times Bestselling author

"Fun and fabulous." -- Stella Cameron, New York Times Bestselling author

Six months ago, if anyone would have told Em Johnson she'd end up divorced, broke, and running the dilapidated Tiki Goddess Bar on the magical North Shore of Kauai she would have told them to shove a swizzle stick up their okole.

As if all that isn't bad enough, when an obnoxious neighbor with a grudge is found dead in the Goddess luau pit, suspicion falls on Em and the rest of the Goddess staff. With the help of a quirky dance troupe of over-the-hill Hula Maidens, Em and the cast of characters must ban together to find the killer and solve the mystery before the next pupu party.

Jill Marie Landis has written over twenty-five novels, which have earned awards and slots on such national bestseller lists as the Usa Today Top 50 and the New York Times Best Sellers Plus. She is a seven-time finalist for Romance Writers of America's Rita Award in both Single Title and Contemporary Romance as well as a Golden Heart and Rita Award winner. She's written historical and contemporary romance as well as inspirational historical romance, and she is now penning The Tiki Goddess Mystery Series, which begins with Mai Tai One On.

About this title

From the Author

Somewhere on the North Shore of Kauai near the end of the road you'll find THE TIKI GODDESS BAR, famous for exotic tropical concoctions by Uncle Louie Marshall, mixologist extraordinaire. There's a legend behind every drink and each and every one has been approved by a taste testing parrot named David Letterman. Two-for- one Mai Tai Night really packs 'em in.

As tourists rub shoulders with locals and celebs, the surf hits the beach with a hypnotic rhythm matched only by the beat of exotic drums and the hum of ukulele music floating on the trade winds.

Who knew murder and mayhem existed in paradise?

About the Author

Aloha!

I should have known I was fatally attracted to all things Tiki when I made my first visit to Disneyland at the age of ten and my favorite attraction was The Enchanted Tiki Room with its fake rainstorms, dim lighting, bamboo and tapa cloth walls, over the top singing parrots, talking tikis and the hypnotic beat of tribal drums.

By the time I was thirteen I'd painted a four foot tiki image nestled in a jungle setting on the fence outside my bedroom window. Finally I had a view of something other than whitewashed boards.

Who knows why or how it happens, but if you've fallen under the spell of Tiki, then you understand the lure of the primitive, of jungle settings, of the soothing exotica sounds of Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman, and the smooth satisfaction of an icy tropical concoction fresh from the blender.

If you are among the most severely infected, like me, you gather most of your collection together to create a Tiki room, a Tiki bar, or a Tiki hangout somewhere in your home.

Over the years I've slowly migrated to Hawaii where I now live with my husband. Thankfully, he understands that a Tiki Goddess just has to be a Tiki Goddess. He trips over my collection of Tiki mugs, Tiki signs, napkins, carvings, paintings, books and whatever else I drag home -- not to mention what people contribute to the "Tiki Port" -- a carport we've converted into a Tiki Bar.

When I'm not writing or reading on the beach I enjoy visiting with family and friends in the Tiki Port, testing new concoctions, raising orchids and dancing the hula.

I like to pretend the "real" me IS a Tiki Goddess and not just a hard working writer penning fun mysteries about her favorite place in the world and her favorite theme: Tiki.

Having The Tiki Goddess Series available to readers is a dream come true. I hope you get a few laughs and enjoy the Hula Maidens' adventures as much as I do.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bell Bridge Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1611940443
• ISBN 13: 9781611940442
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 228