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    Kaanapali Beach Paradise (A Maui Novelette, Part 1)
    Kaanapali Beach Paradise (A Maui Novelette, Part 1)
    Kaanapali Beach Paradise (A Maui Novelette, Part 1)
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    Kaanapali Beach Paradise (A Maui Novelette, Part 1)

    By R. Barri Flowers

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    From award-winning writer, R. Barri Flowers, and bestselling author of the heartfelt relationship novel, Forever Sweethearts, comes a compelling contemporary novelette: Kaanapali Beach Paradise, Part 1.

    Set amidst the lush playground of Maui, Hawaii's famed Kaanapali Beach Resort, the soap opera style tale of adultery, ambition, dark secrets, love, lust, hate, romance, betrayal, revenge, and murder, revolves around the anticipated grand opening of the Kaanapali Palms Hotel, the newest luxury resort on this three-mile long ocean front stretch of paradise on the island's western shore.

    Ben Crawford is a multimillionaire real estate investor and CEO of the Kaanapali Palms Hotel. A widower, his 19-year-old daughter, Leigh, is his pride and joy. Forgotten is the child he abandoned long ago, never imagining it would come back to haunt him.

    Leigh Crawford is beautiful, spoiled, precocious, and just looking to have fun at her daddy's new luxury hotel. After meeting hot Hawaiian chauffeur, Masami, things get steamy in a hurry. But how far can they go before crash landing?

    Yoshiko Pelayo is a gorgeous Hawaiian journalist, who has taken a job in housekeeping at the Kaanapali Palms Hotel, while plotting revenge against Ben Crawford, the father she never knew.

    Kalani and Rosita Okamura own the fabulous Shoreline Lounge in Kaanapali, while hiding secrets of adultery from one another, and more.

    Genevieve Roswell fled San Francisco to escape bad elements and ended up on Maui. Now she fears her past may be about to catch up to her.

    Eugene Keebler is a janitor at the Kaanapali Palms Hotel and a smalltime hood. He sees the grand opening as a golden opportunity to rob the place, with the help of friends.

    Stewart McGann is a retired police detective from Portland, Oregon who is brought to Maui to head the security force at the Kaanapali Palms Hotel. The offer is made easier by his attraction to housekeeper, Yoshiko, even if he senses there is more to her than meets the eye.

    Kaanapali Beach Paradise is the first in a continuing series of novelettes that promise to keep readers engaged as lives and loves are turned upside down with twists at every turn amidst the splendor of a famous Hawaii beach resort.

    Bonus material includes excerpts from R. Barri Flowers' bestselling Hawaii mystery novels, Seduced to Kill in Kauai, Murder in Maui, and Murder in Honolulu.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Barri Flowers
    Release dateNov 9, 2014
    ISBN9781310627736
    Kaanapali Beach Paradise (A Maui Novelette, Part 1)
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    R. Barri Flowers

    R. Barri Flowers is the award winning, bestselling author of mystery and thriller novels, true crime books, relationship fiction, young adult mysteries, and children's books. Follow R. Barri Flowers on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Goodreads, LibraryThing, and YouTube. Learn more about the author on Wikipedia and www.rbarriflowers.com.

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      Kaanapali Beach Paradise (A Maui Novelette, Part 1) - R. Barri Flowers

      KAANAPALI BEACH PARADISE

      A Maui Novelette, Part 1

      By R. Barri Flowers

      KAANAPALI BEACH PARADISE (A Maui Novelette) Part 1 is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, business establishments, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      KAANAPALI BEACH PARADISE

      A Maui Novelette, Part 1

      Copyright 2014 by R. Barri Flowers

      All rights reserved.

      Aloha, to everyone who loves the Hawaiian Islands and appreciates the endless, breathtaking beauty.

      And to fans of my Hawaii fiction who inspire me to continue writing in the spirit of Aloha. Mahalo!

      * * *

      OTHER BOOKS BY R. BARRI FLOWERS

      FICTION

      Before He Kills Again

      Dark Streets of Whitechapel

      Dead in Kihei

      Dead in Pukalani

      Dead in the Rose City

      Fractured Trust

      Justice Served

      Kaanapali Beach Paradise – Part 2

      Killer Connection

      Killer in The Woods

      Murder in Honolulu

      Murder in Maui

      Murder on Kaanapali Beach

      Murdered in the Man Cave

      Persuasive Evidence

      Seduced to Kill in Kauai

      State’s Evidence

      TEEN FICTION

      Christmas Wishes: Laura’s Story

      Count Dracula’s Teenage Daughter

      Danger in Time

      Daughter of Count Dracula

      Ghost Girl in Shadow Bay

      Out for Blood

      Summer at Paradise Ranch

      Teen Ghost at Dead Lake

      * * *

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Kaanapali Beach Paradise – Part 1

      Seduced to Kill in Kauai – bonus excerpts

      Murder in Maui – bonus excerpts

      Murder in Honolulu – bonus excerpts

      About the Author

      * * *

      KAANAPALI BEACH PARADISE

      Part 1

      The Hawaiian island of Maui could be seen below, surrounded by some of the clearest, bluest water in the Pacific. As the private plane flew over the area known as Hana, the two people on board were treated to a breathtaking view of the island’s magnificent northern coastline with its lush bamboo forests, tropical flowers, and slashing waterfalls.

      Within moments, another spectacular landmark came into view—the Kaanapali Palms Hotel. The pilot was particularly interested in the hotel as was the co-pilot, though to a lesser degree. And why wouldn’t they be? After all, one was the CEO and majority stockholder of the hotel and the other a minor stockholder who was just an inheritance away from claiming that same title.

      There she is, Ben Crawford said proudly to his daughter, Leigh, beside him as he peered out the window at Maui’s newest and, he believed, best luxury hotel.

      The Palms, as Ben referred to it, was twelve stories high, and sprawled across thirty acres of lush tropical gardens and waterfalls that tumbled into idyllic pools. It was located within the Kaanapali Beach Resort Area, known for its three-mile long stretch of beautiful white sand beach and clear blue water, and home to Maui’s most elegant hotels. The area had become a playground for beautiful, perfect, tanned bodies; tourists from around the globe as well as natives; celebrities and non-celebrities; sexy, sex-seekers; and any combination thereof.

      Oh, Daddy, Leigh gushed, I love it. Is it really ours?

      You bet it is, honey. He glanced over at his nineteen-year-old daughter who was too damned pretty for her own good, and his.

      She flashed him a devastating smile that left Ben weak in the knees—just as her mother had done before her—and he couldn’t help but think what he rarely said out loud to her.

      I love you, Leigh. And I love it when I can make you happy. You sure as hell have made me happy. Just like your mother did before she was taken away from us. But now it’s just you and me, kid, and I don’t want to lose you too. To others, I may be a businessman first, but for you, Leigh, I’m a father first. And what I can’t give you, I’ll buy you!

      At least the hotel was hers to play in whenever she saw fit. It was also a place where he very much wanted his guests to relax and play, hoping it would soon be the go to resort on Maui.

      * * *

      Ben Crawford was fifty-three with slicked back silver hair, intense gray eyes, a cleft that split his chin, and a body that was as sturdy as a tree trunk. His reputation as a ruthless entrepreneur preceded him, passed down the line from his father who had made his own mark as a successful real estate developer in Arizona and Nevada. As a young man, Ben believed nothing was out of reach if you applied yourself.

      And he did.

      Without his father’s help.

      If he stepped on someone’s toes along the way, so be it; they should have kept their damn feet out of the way, as his father would have said.

      By age twenty-three, Ben owned five houses, using other people’s money and coming away with plenty of his own.

      His flourishing career in real estate was put on hold when he enlisted in the military, deciding to follow in the footsteps of three generations of Crawford men. And maybe to prove to his father that he was just as tough as he was any day of the week, including in the U.S. Air Force, where he made it to Captain.

      Four long years stationed in Honolulu was tougher than he’d thought, but it was not without its thrills. He had bedded a number of women, including one who had gotten herself pregnant.

      Damn! That stupid bitch!

      He offered to pay her to get rid of it, but she refused.

      To hell with her.

      He had his whole future ahead of him and wasn’t about to commit himself to a woman he barely knew, let alone loved.

      The best thing that ever happened to him was when his stint ended and he went back to the mainland.

      He did not look back.

      Ben’s career in real estate picked up right where it left off. He acquired property after property, investing and reinvesting, and developing. By age thirty-two, he was a millionaire several times over and the owner of several impressive properties, including a resort hotel in Phoenix.

      A year later when he met Melody Sue Harlow, the very lovely twenty-six-year-old former state beauty queen, Ben’s priorities shifted. For the first time in his life, he knew what true love was. So did Melody.

      Two months later, she became Melody Sue Crawford.

      Two years later, she gave birth to Leigh Crawford.

      One year later, Melody became ill unexpectedly. The doctors said it was congenital heart failure.

      One month later, she was dead.

      Ben was left alone to care for his one-year-old daughter.

      She, along with his business interests, would have to fill the emptiness that Melody’s untimely death left.

      Although they did, Ben knew deep down inside that nothing could ever take Melody’s place in his heart.

      And he was right.

      * * *

      The plane touched down at Kapalua Airport in West Maui. As usual, the flight had been flawless. Ben had taken up flying as a hobby years ago, and developed it further while in the Air Force.

      He’d recently begun teaching Leigh to fly.

      Now he wanted to teach her something else that he considered extremely important—how to

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