Private Luau

Devon Vaughn Archer

Sep 2013 · HarperCollins Australia

About this ebook

Raquel Deneuve prides herself on her ability to make any bad-rap celebrity look good. But the Honolulu image consultant takes on the challenge of her career when she's hired by former NBA hotshot Keanu Bailey. The hard-partying playboy has a rep for never getting serious with any woman. That spells trouble for Raquel when she starts falling for her seductive client. To the world, Keanu is the ultimate bad boy. But he's determined to prove them wrong—especially when he meets Raquel. The part-time hula dancer and sultry beauty soon has him moving to the age-old rhythms of passion and romance. Transformed by Raquel's sensual touch, the infatuated sports star knows he's become a one-woman man. As pleasure flames into love in their private island oasis, can Keanu turn Raquel into a one-man woman?

About the author

Devon Vaughn Archer is the pseudonym for bestselling mystery and thriller author R. Barri Flowers. As Devon, the prolific author has penned more than twenty titles, including romances, mysteries, and young adult fiction.

In 2006, he became the first male author to write for the popular Arabesque line with Love Once Again. Under the Kimani Romance imprint, Devon's written a dozen titles, including a Hawaii-based trilogy, Pleasure in Hawaii, Private Luau, and Aloha Fantasy.

"I'm thrilled as a male author to successfully make the jump into romance fiction, joining such esteemed male romance authors as Robert Waller, Nicholas Sparks, Richard Paul Evans, and Harlequin's own K. N. Casper," he says proudly. "I look forward to writing more love stories filled with romance, passion, wonderful settings, and interesting characters."

The latest romances from Devon include Love is in the Air, Say it With Roses, and Bet on Love. The author and his wife divide their time between the paradise of Hawaii and life in the Pacific Northwest.