Download or read book Going for Kona Michele Lopez Hanson 1 written by Pamela Fagan Hutchins and published by SkipJack Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After losing her husband, she’s not about to lose this race. But if she doesn’t drop out, she could lose her family. When Michele Lopez Hanson quit her law practice to become an author, she was looking forward to spending more time at home with her triathlete husband and her teen kids. But when a tragic biking accident claims her husband’s life, she finds herself with nothing but free time and painful memories. Drowning in grief, she pledges to honor his memory by competing in the Ironman he’ll never finish. But as she follows along his old training routes, she discovers that if she pedals hard enough, she can sense him alongside her. Her single-minded focus on the race leaves little time for her children, but when her teenage son is accused of murder, she has no choice but to get off the bike seat long enough to track down the real killer. With the Ironman fast approaching and the charges against her son heating up, can she cross the finish line and hold her family together or will everything she loves crash and burn? Going for Kona is the first standalone book in the adrenaline-pumping Michele trilogy and book #8 within the What Doesn’t Kill You romantic mystery super series. If you like tenacious heroines, competitive sports, and relationships that last beyond the grave, then you’ll love USA Today best seller Pamela Fagan Hutchins’ award-winning whodunit. Buy Going for Kona today to strap on your helmet for a pulse-pounding mystery today! 2014 Finalist USA Best Book Awards, Cross Genre Fiction. ˃˃˃ See why Pamela wins contests and makes best seller lists. USA Today Best Seller#1 Amazon Best SellerTop 50 Amazon Romantic Suspense and Mystery AuthorSilver Falchion for Best Adult MysteryUSA Best Book Awards Cross-Genre FictionAmazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Romance, Quarter-finalist ˃˃˃ Once Upon A Romance calls Hutchins an "up-and-coming powerhouse writer." If you like Sandra Brown or Janet Evanovich, you're going to love Pamela Fagan Hutchins. A former attorney and native Texan, Pamela splits her time between Nowheresville, Texas and the frozen north of Snowheresville, Wyoming. ˃˃˃ The Michele reviews are in, and they're good. Very, very good. “Immediately hooked." — Terry Sykes-Bradshaw, Author of Sibling Revelry "Spellbinding." — Jo Bryan, Dry Creek Book Club "Fast-paced mystery." —Deb Krenzer, Book Reviewer "Can't put it down." — Cathy Bader, Reader "LOVED IT!" — Marcy McKay, Author of Pennies From Burger Heaven ˃˃˃ Catch more adventures with Michele and her friends in the What Doesn't Kill You romantic mysteries. Scroll up and grab your copy of Going for Kona today.

Download or read book Going for Kona written by Pamela Fagan Hutchins and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newest romantic mystery from the bestselling author of the Katie & Annalise series! Going for Kona has it all: unforgettable characters, an epic love story, and a page-turning mystery that will keep you guessing until the last page. When her husband is killed in a hit-and-run bicycling accident, it takes all of Michele Lopez Hanson's strength not to burrow into their bed for the rest of her life. But their kids need her, and she promised herself she'd do the Kona Ironman Triathlon in Adrian's honor, and someone seems to be stalking her family, so she slogs through the pain to keep herself on track. Her dangerously delirious training sessions become a link between her and Adrian, and she discovers that if she keeps moving fast enough to fly, she can hold onto her husband-even as she loses her grip on herself and faces her biggest threat yet. Once Upon A Romance Calls Hutchins an "up and coming powerhouse writer." If you like Sandra Brown or Janet Evanovich, you will love Pamela Fagan Hutchins. A former attorney and investigator, Pamela splits her time between Houston and a little place called Nowheresville. The reviews are in, and they're good. Very, very good. "Hooked immediately." - Terry Sykes-Bradshaw, author of Sibling Revelry "Spellbinding." - Jo Bryan, Dry Creek Book Club "Fast-paced mystery." - Deb Krenzer, Book Reviewer "Full of real characters and powerful emotion." - Rhonda Erb, Editor "Highly recommended." - Nancy Katz, Reader

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Download or read book It s Kona Calling written by Ray Fauteux and published by Library and Archives Canada. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for all those who have a dream. Many people leave this earth without realizing the full potential they have within. It's easier to be content. It's easier to avoid failure that's always a possibility when taking a risk. Yet, what are we if we risk nothing? We miss out on the pure exhilaration of success. We miss out on the realization of discovering just how remarkable we are once we unleash our true spirit within. This is the story of Sam. He's out of shape, overweight, and smokes and drinks too much. His life is on a downward slide as he enters middle-age. He lives his life vicariously through the sports stars he sees on T.V. He knows it can never be him on the highway of outstanding achievement and glory. He is destined to always be on the sidelines. In one fortuitous moment in time, that suddenly changes. While watching a telecast of Wide World of Sports in 1982, Sam witnesses a race going on in Kona, Hawaii. He watches exhausted, jubilant athletes cross the finish line as darkness settles over the finish line. Sam is mesmerized but these seemingly ordinary people doing something extraordinary. They swam 2.4 miles, biked 112 miles and ran a marathon all in the same day. It was called the Ironman Triathlon. Sam is moved by it and it haunts him for days. Some unseen force is calling to him. Despite not having run since he was a kid, not knowing how to swim a stroke, or not knowing how to ride a road bike, Sam decides he's going to Kona, Hawaii. He just has to cross that finish line.Despite all odds, Sam finds himself arriving in Kona two years later. Once there, he crosses paths with Morgan. Morgan is a teenage girl with a fierce competitive spirit. She's in Kona to beat as many people as she can, and Sam is there just trying to survive. This is the story of their unlikely alliance. This is the story of how they took on what was at the time, the most challenging endurance race in the world. It was a time when there were no coaches, no special diets, no training books, no triathlon specific equipment, and just your basic road bike. It was a time when emotional strength, desire, and the spirit within were the deciding factors that determined the final outcome of Sam and Morgan's date with destiny.

Download or read book Kona Winds written by Scott Kikkawa and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KONA WINDS is a hard-boiled noir murder mystery set in Honolulu in 1953, when Hawai'i was changing from a racially stratified, near-feudal plantation colony to the multi-ethnic 50th State. This debut novel by Japanese American author Scott Kikkawa was written with the firm belief that Hawai'i is more than just a pretty backdrop for the mischief of tourists. It can be, and was, a terrifying, sodden place whose social realities were ugly not so long ago and continue in some respect to go unresolved. In addition, the novel provides a glimpse into the police work of postwar Honolulu, which has been rarely written in this way before. Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies.

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Download or read book How to Move to Kona written by Julie Ziemelis and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a dreamer, a traveler, a lover of the Big Island or seriously considering a move to Kona, Hawaii? This book is for you! The author created the travel blog, 365Kona.com and the lifestyle Facebook blog, "365 Things to Do in Kona," and is an expert on all things Kona. How to Move to Kona is an insider's resource guide which includes invaluable information (including links and phone numbers) for every service you will need to make a move to the island, as well as contact information for moving pets, every school in West Hawaii, job opportunity suggestions and links, and personal recommendations for saving money and living life well on the Big Island. The author also includes her personal story, ideas, and links for finding ohana (family) and community in Kona, as well as cultural information and common Hawaiian words and phrases to help make travel and living on the island easier and more rewarding. If you have ever considered making a move to the islands, this book offers a glimpse of what the perils and possibilities are and will save you from making costly mistakes on your way to paradise.

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