But Eva's past-and the future she's trying to create-means that she's not free to follow her heart. Clark Spencer, a man she is drawn to but who clearly has secrets of his own. Newly enlisted as an Army Corps nurse, Eva is stunned by the splendor she experiences aboard the steamship SS Lurline even more so by Lt. She's never even seen the ocean before, but Eva Cassidy has her reasons for making the crossing to Hawaii, and they run a lot deeper than escaping a harsh Michigan winter. With a little help from the magic on the volcano, Lana finds she can open her bruised heart to the children-and maybe to Grant.Ī lush and evocative novel about doing what is right against the odds, following your heart, and what makes a family.īuy this book at Kona Stories or order from this site for ship to home Lana is drawn to him, too, but needs to protect her little group.

The hideaway house is not what Lana expected, revealing its secrets slowly, and things become even more complicated by the interest of Major Grant Bailey, a soldier from the nearby internment camp.

In a heartbeat, she makes the decision to go into hiding with them all. When they start taking away neighbors as possible sympathizers, Lana finds herself suddenly guardian to two girls, as well as accomplice to an old family friend who is Japanese, along with his son. America has been drawn into WWII, and amid rumors of impending invasion, the army places the islands under martial law. Arriving home on the Big Island too late to reconcile with her estranged father, all she can do is untangle the clues of his legacy, which lead to a secret property in the forest on Kilauea Volcano. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes everything for Lana Hitchcock. It's the story of a woman who has to put her safety and her heart on the line when she becomes the unexpected guardian of a misfit group and decides to hide with them in a secret home in the forest on Kilauea Volcano. Find out more about Sara and her books at and follow her on Instagram and on FB fans of Chanel Cleeton and Beatriz Williams, RED SKY OVER HAWAII is historical women's fiction set in the islands during WWII. She currently lives on the Big Island with her boyfriend and a houseful of bossy animals. When she's not writing or teaching, you'll find her in the mountains or in the ocean. She blames Hawaii for her addiction to writing, and sees no end to its untapped stories.

Born and raised in Hawaii, she studied journalism and earned graduate degrees in psychology and Chinese medicine. Sara Ackerman is the USA Today bestselling author of The Lieutenant's Nurse and Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers.

The Lieutenant's Nurse by Sara Ackerman