Kulani Mahikoa is "The Orchid," a young, insecure, pro surfer from a rough background on the Big Island of Hawai'i. He's Beau Toyama's cousin from Hawaiian Lei and a healer with a heart as deep as the ocean he's part of. Like many of the great Hawaiians, Kulani epitomizes the spirit of aloha and love. Kulani's healing his own wounds, and "The Lost Boys"--young, homeless abandoned and abused gay boys he cares for.He meets the lone and lonely New Zealand widower, Rob Masterson--a wounded psychologist who's trying to come to terms with his husband's death. When he died, they were separated but still living together. Rob needs to reconcile all the pieces of guilt and love to heal before he can fall in love again.The age difference raises one barrier, and besides that, Kulani has more layers than Rob--with his own New Zealand heritage and tangled knot of emotion--ever bargained for. Traveling between the South Sea Islands of beautiful New Zealand and the exotic Hawaiian Islands, they forge a bond--two wounded men find a home for their shrapnel-laced souls.