Toby Fielding has come to Oahu, Hawaii, to take care of her younger half-brother and half-sister that she never knew about until recently after the death of her bigamist father and his other wife. She’s also managing the Aikane Hotel. Cole Channing has come to Hawaii to get away from publicity. He was tried for the murder of his wife (of which he is innocent) but he wasn’t convicted due to a hung jury. He thinks in a retrial he will surely be convicted of murder. He meets Toby and the more they are together the closer they become, but Cole is keeping his secret from her and holds back from her because he fears he has no future.

This was a lovely romance set in beautiful Hawaii with appealing lead characters. I liked Toby’s optimism about everything and how it began to rub off on Cole. The secondary characters added to the enjoyment of the story as well, including the kids--Skates and Lani; also the staff and the residents at the Aikane Hotel; and I quite liked Fredo--the taxi driver in Boston, even though he only appeared in a few pages in the book. A really cute and sweet story with a great setting. ( )