Mike and Mark TreVaine built their high-end restaurant in Oahu, Hawaii into something they are proud of. But when bottles of expensive alcohol start vanishing from the shelves overnight never sold, never accounted for, the twin brothers are left with one uncomfortable question: is this a bookkeeping error, or is someone on the inside stealing from them?

To get to the bottom of it, they bring in Jenna Hathaway, a sharp university intern with a gift for inventory and accounting. Jenna expects a summer of spreadsheets and stock counts. What she doesn’t expect is Mike TreVaine or the way everything gets a lot more complicated when their professional relationship starts to feel like something else entirely.

Set against the breathtaking beauty of Oahu, Hawaiian Dreams is a page-turning blend of romance, mystery, and suspense that will keep you guessing and rooting for Jenna and Mike right up to the final page.

FULL BOOK TITLE: Hawaiian Dreams

AUTHOR NAME: Sheri Lynne

REVIEWED BY: American Writing Awards

If you’re looking for a romance that feels like a tropical getaway mixed with family drama and light suspense, Hawaiian Dreams delivers exactly that kind of escape.

Sheri Lynne opens the novel with a humorous military mishap involving twin brothers Mike and Mark TreVaine during their Air Force days in Hawaii. The over-the-top scene sets the tone for a story filled with romance and playful charm.

Now co-owners of the Hawaiian Lanai restaurant, the brothers have built a tropical paradise filled with ocean views, island music, and Hawaiian cuisine. The story gains momentum when Jenna Hathaway, an accounting student interning at the restaurant, arrives to investigate missing liquor inventory. Smart, hardworking, and instantly flustered by the handsome TreVaine twins, Jenna quickly develops undeniable chemistry with Mike.

Although this is a romance novel, one of its greatest strengths is the relationship between the brothers. Their teasing, loyalty, and protectiveness bring an added layer of warmth and authenticity to the story beyond the central romance. At the same time, the mystery surrounding the stolen liquor introduces just enough suspense and tension to keep the pages turning.

Lynne’s love for Hawaii shines throughout the story in vivid descriptions of beaches, sunsets, tropical food, and island life. The writing is straightforward and sincere, embracing common themes of love, loyalty, and devotion without cynicism.

Mike fits the classic romantic-hero mold perfectly—protective, successful, and emotionally vulnerable—while Jenna brings intelligence and heart. Their relationship feels comfortingly familiar in the best romance-novel tradition.

Hawaiian Dreams may not reinvent romantic suspense, but it succeeds as heartfelt escapism: a warm, entertaining blend of romance, family loyalty, and tropical charm that feels like watching love unfold beneath Hawaiian sunsets.

FULL BOOK TITLE: Hawaiian Flames

AUTHOR NAME: Sheri Lynne

PUBLISHER NAME: Dorrance Publishing Co.

LINK: https://www.amazon.com/Hawaiian-Flames-SheriLynne/dp/B0BLG119V2/

Sheri Lynne’s Hawaiian Flames wastes little time plunging readers into danger. The novel opens in flood-ravaged Afghanistan, where Captain Peyton TreVaine leads a desperate rescue mission through rising waters and collapsing buildings. The sequence immediately establishes both the novel’s cinematic style and Peyton’s deeply ingrained sense of duty. Here, “impossible odds” are not abstract concepts—they are the daily reality of soldiers and rescuers struggling to save lives amid chaos. The rescue mission also introduces one of the novel’s strongest emotional anchors: Peyton’s military dog, Justice. When Justice dives into floodwaters to save a drowning child, the moment carries genuine weight. “He means more to me than life itself,” Peyton later says of the dog, and Lynne convincingly builds much of the character’s emotional world around that bond.

Returning home to Hawaii after years of military service, Peyton finds himself caught between trauma, longing, and the possibility of a new life. Lynne handles his transition from war zone to civilian life with sincerity and warmth. His reunion with his brothers at the Hawaiian Lanai restaurant provides some of the novel’s most heartfelt scenes.

Throughout the story, family serves as a sanctuary against violence and corruption. Peyton’s arrival feels less like a simple homecoming and more like a resurrection:

“I am home for good!”

Lynne clearly enjoys writing relationships—siblings teasing one another, couples flirting, coworkers exchanging glances across crowded rooms— and that warmth gives the novel much of its charm. The restaurant itself becomes a central emotional setting where food, friendship, and romance counterbalance the darker criminal underworld operating beneath Honolulu’s tropical beauty.

The novel shifts gears effectively once the organized crime storyline takes hold. Loan sharking, drug trafficking, undercover operations, and contract killings begin intersecting with Peyton’s personal life in increasingly dangerous ways. Marco Manchez, the businessman-crime boss at the center of the conspiracy, may not be an especially layered villain, but he radiates enough menace to sustain the tension. Lynne understands the appeal of classic romantic-thriller structure and keeps the story moving at a brisk pace.

Much of the suspense derives from undercover officer Stacy Rayland, operating under the alias Helen Gray. Stacy’s dual identity—as glamorous detective by night and deliberately invisible office worker by day—is one of the novel’s most entertaining elements. Lynne plays cleverly with perception and attraction, especially during the near-misses between Stacy and Peyton before either fully understands who the other truly is.

The romance between the two is written with old-school sincerity. Lynne embraces directness, giving the book an earnest tone. Her characters fall hard and speak openly about love and sacrifice. At times, the dialogue can feel overly explanatory, but the emotional intentions always remain clear.

Lynne also succeeds in portraying Hawaii as more than postcard scenery. Beneath the beaches and restaurants lies a network of crime, corruption, trauma, and hidden identities. Yet the islands never lose their romantic allure. The contrast between paradise and danger gives the novel much of its appeal.

Fans of Catherine Coulter, Nora Roberts’ romantic thrillers, and military romance fiction will find familiar pleasures here.

A heartfelt romantic thriller filled with military camaraderie, undercover intrigue, family loyalty, and island danger, Hawaiian Flames delivers exactly what it promises: action, suspense, romance, and emotional escape beneath the beauty of Hawaii’s shores.

Author Bio: Sheri Lynne, 2025 International Impact Book Award Winner for her third book in her Hawaiian trilogy, Hawaiian Embers, is also a small business owner, serving southern Michigan for over thirty years.

Lynne, a devoted mother of her special needs son, Bryan, is very passionate in helping him through nutrition and various treatments to free him from pain and to live a more independent life. Lynne started her writing career during the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020, when she found herself wondering what she was going to do with her life when she retired, when suddenly her late husband’s dream of owning a Hawaiian restaurant came into her mind and her first novel, Hawaiian Dreams, was born. Her desire to write romance suspense thrillers continued and Lynne has written four novels thus far and looking forward to writing more novels in the future.

Lynne’s fourth book, a historical romance suspense novel, Two Hearts, One Quest for Freedom, was a finalist in the American Writing Awards competition. Lynne has been involved with Compassion International, where they aid children in third world countries, supplying them with food, education, medical assistance, and teaching them the love of Christ. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her daughter Wendy, her husband Joe, and her darling little granddaughter, Madilynne. You can learn more about Lynne’s works at www.swlynnebooks.com.

***Winner International Impact Book Award, Best Romance & Romantic Drama 2025***

**The danger was supposed to be over. It was only just beginning.**

In the explosive conclusion to the Hawaiian Trilogy, Mark TreVaine thought the worst was behind him after rescuing his employee Tammy’s young daughter Bethany from a kidnapper. He was wrong.

When Detective Zack Williams delivers devastating news that the attempted kidnapping was not an isolated incident but part of a larger, organized human-trafficking ring with Bethany as their primary target, Mark refuses to stand by and do nothing. He brings Tammy and Bethany into his home to keep them safe, determined to protect them at any cost.

But as the days pass and danger closes in from every side, something else is growing between Mark and Tammy  something neither of them planned for, and both of them are fighting hard to ignore. The closer they get, the higher the stakes become. And the fire between them threatens to burn everything down.

Hawaiian Embers is a gripping, emotionally powerful romantic suspense that brings the beloved TreVaine family saga to a breathtaking close with love, danger, and courage woven into every page.

**The award-winning finale of the Hawaiian Trilogy. Available now on Amazon.**

*Read the trilogy that readers call impossible to put down.*

FULL BOOK TITLE: Hawaiian Embers

AUTHOR NAME: Sheri Lynne

REVIEWED BY: AMERICAN WRITING AWARDS

Hawaiian Embers is the conclusion to the trilogy penned by Sheri Lynne. Following the nail-biting events of Hawaiian Dreams and Hawaiian Flames, readers are once again drawn into the tumultuous life of Mark TreVaine as he and his new employee Tammy navigate through their perilous world of danger and desire.

In this final installment, the stakes are higher than ever as Mark and Tammy find themselves facing the sinister threat of a human trafficking ring. As they strive to protect Tammy’s daughter, Bethany, from the clutches of these criminals, their bond deepens, and the simmering attraction between them ignites into a blazing inferno.

Lynne weaves together suspense, romance, and heart-pounding action with her signature simple prose. Although the writing could use some improvement, it still manages to effectively convey its message. The narrative is propelled forward by a series of twists and turns that will leave readers guessing until the final revelation. The pacing of the story is good as Lynn ensures that the story never loses momentum as it hurtles towards its climax. The story comes across as a steamy, farfetched action flick—a fusion of Magnum PI, Hawaii Five-0, and North Shore—that keeps fans of such stories reading along and eagerly turning the pages.

Overall, Hawaiian Embers continues in the tradition of protagonist Mark TreVaine getting it done. With its blend of suspense, lust, and adrenaline-pumping action, this book is sure to leave genre-focused readers eager for more from this talented author.