Annette Mahon Livres

Jade Kanahele has a great family, a brand new degree, a new condo, and her dream job as a marine behaviorist at Dolphin Life Research in Hawaii. Now, her mother presents her with a beautiful heirloom quilt, which she claims will help Jade meet her true love. Adam Donovan, whose family specializes in high-end resorts in tropical locations, is in Hawaii looking into the purchase of the resort which houses Dolphin Life Research. But with his thirtieth birthday rapidly approaching, he's feeling restless and wonders about the path his life has taken. He is impressed with Jade and her sunny outlook on life. As the two become friends, Jade's positive disposition seems to rub off on Adam. And Jade is experiencing some odd dreams -- dreams that seem to come when she's sleeping under her quilt.

Julie Wong has a dilemma. Her next door neighbor, Claudia Smith, has broken her leg and moved into the care center where Julie works. Claudia has told everyone that she doesn't want her son Ned to know about her accident. He's busy with work, and this news will only worry him. Julie, however, thinks he should be informed and decides to take matters into her own hands. Unbeknownst to Claudia, she initiates a secret email correspondence to let Ned know what has happened. Ned Smith isn't sure what to make of Julie and her email. It's his busiest time of year at work, and he doesn't need any outside complications or concerns. But he sends off a short note acknowledging her post and, before long, Julie and Ned are hooked on daily emails. When the time comes for Ned to pay a visit to his mother, both he and Julie are unsure how their correspondence will translate into real life. But one thing's for sure: with Claudia and her nosy friends around, their growing relationship isn't likely to stay a secret for very long.

Eleven years have passed since Abby Andrews left Malino, Hawaii, but she never forgot her friends and the beauty of the town. Now at twenty-three, she decides it is time to leave Los Angeles to return to start a new life there. Her lifelong dream of owning her own salon is coming true. She bought the old Malino beauty parlor and has plans to renovate and reopen the landmark cottage. Her godmother, and guardian angel, enlists the help of her childhood buddy turned hunky fireman, Kevin Palea. Together they begin renovating the old beauty parlor into a hip new salon with bright colors, larger rooms, and a cozy lounge area. Abby remembered Kevin as her first crush in the second grade and now that he is such a handsome and nice man she secretly wishes he'd notice her. But he seems so aloof... Kevin has waited a lifetime for the right woman. He wants someone who will be happy in the small town he loves and although he likes Abby a great deal, he's not sure she'll last out the year. Secretly he wishes she'd show some signs of attraction but she is always so busy... Together through the renovations and beyond, the feelings they have for one another grow so strong they are forced to face them, even though both are afraid of what may happen.

When Momi Kanahele shows up, sopping wet, at the door to her building supervisor's apartment, she can't believe that his careless maintenance has cost her a great Halloween costume. Momi loves the holidays and goes all out to celebrate. This year, she has just inherited the fabled family "matchmaker quilt" and believes that it will bring her true love. But by the holiday season, Momi doesn't seem to be meeting anyone special. And no matter what her sisters think, her building supervisor is not "the one." Rick Mahoney hates the holidays and doesn't like the decorations that his new tenant insists on draping throughout the building. But he's taken with Momi's spirit and her love for her family and soon enough, he finds himself attending to more than "routine" maintenance at her apartment. Despite all this, though, it seems that even the family's "magical" quilt may not be strong enough to bring these two together!