Books by Dena Hankins

Jack Azevedo captains his charter sailboat in the Caribbean. Life can''t get any better, especially once he discovers a mysterious uncharted island with a sugar-sand cove for his passengers to enjoy and an intriguing, if angry, inhabitant.Superstar Eve La Sirena has an illicit plan to restore creative freedom to musicians worldwide...if she can keep an ocean between her public and her secrets. Jack''s arrival exposes her island retreat and jeopardizes years of work, but his sweet generosity whets her cruel appetites. As a transmasculine gender explorer and BDSM bottom, Jack''s used to flouting convention, not the law. When Eve''s clandestine project draws three kinds of cops, everything he has is endangered. Will the maelstrom of emotion strip the civilized veneer from his piratical heart?

Human remains tangled in lilikoi roots bring the authorities to Kerala''s construction site. Native Hawaiians say the passion fruit vine marks an ancient burial ground protected by guardian spirits, the ''aumakua. But these aren''t ancestral bones. The fractured skull points to murder. Secrets, sabotage, and indigenous sovereignty campaigns hinder the project Kerala leads: building an eco-dream vacation home for Ravi, CEO of a solar power company. Proud to be a tough dyke in the trades, Kerala can''t believe she''s so hot for the masculine genderqueer scientist. Their sexual connection is volcanic, but Ravi''s craving for love and family aggravates burn scars from Kerala''s past. As the lovers pursue justice for Hawaii and its people, Ravi turns his gift for harnessing the sun''s strength toward cultivating his own power, and Kerala wonders if building deep, lasting love could be even more satisfying than constructing a home to last the ages.