Jill Marie Landis has written a winner with Mai Tai One On, the first book of the new Tiki Goddess series. Put on your puka shell necklace, grab a mai tai and get ready for a Hawaiin vacation! This book has all the ingredients for a summer fun read or a cold, "I wish I were in Hawaii", winter read. There is the exotic location, suspense with a couple of murders and kidnappings to solve, romance and the laugh out loud antics of, my favorite dancers, The Hula Maidens. Reading the final chapter I couldn't help but wish the second book was already available. I love this book! ( )

Fun little mystery that made me think longingly of our trip to Kauai last year. ( )

This book was fun to read. The action moved along quickly. The characters were likable and eccentric. It was never boring. I would be happy to read more books in this series. ( )

Recently divorced Em Johnson leaves the mainland for the North Shore of Kauai to help out her uncle when she finds out that he and the bar he owns, the Tiki Goddess Bar, aren't doing so well. She figures the change will do her good. She helps get the bar back on its feet again, only to have a dead body turn up in the luau pit, the underground oven where the pigs are cooked. The Goddess staff are being looked upon as suspects, so Em and the Hula Maidens (the mostly senior dance troupe who perform at the Goddess even though they don't dance all that well) decide to investigate to find the real killer. This was a really fun and cute mystery. It has a very lively and colorful cast of characters including handsome police detective, Roland Sharpe, who moonlights as a fire dancer. The story is humorous with a small hint of romance and a wonderful setting on the beautiful Hawaiian island of Kauai. ( )

The crazy team of characters tied to the Goddess gave me plenty of laughs. A good mystery, and a fun background kept me reading to the end. ( )