Books with title Orchids

Paradise has a dark side.She can’t stop thinking about a drowned girl’s face... because it reminds her of her own.Overcoming a past filled with scars, Lei makes a life for herself and her dog, Keiki, as a cop in the sleepy Big Island town of Hilo. When a routine patrol turns up two murdered teens, Lei’s world is rocked. She knows one of the girls, and she can’t rest until she finds answers—not only about the victims, but about her own shadowed past as well.She’ll look so beautiful...once she’s dead.He knows he’s twisted. He knows he’s wrong. He just doesn’t care. But now there’s a female cop on his trail that won’t give up, and she’s gonna be next."Blood Orchids satisfies on every level. A powerful talent is on the scene, whole-heartedly recommended." -Drew Cross, former police officer, author of BiteMarksGrab this fast paced mystery with a twist of romance, and take a trip to Hawaii with the series that’s sold more than a million copies!

The mystical Orchid Medal, forged thousands of years ago in ancient China, is one of the most potent magical artifacts in the world...and for the past year Jenny Li, a pretty darn ordinary college student, has been using its powers to fight crime in the seaside city of Santa Florentina. Her life has become a confusing whirlwind of supervillain battles and missed classes, and although she tries her best, she's never been able to shake the feeling that she's just a phony, an ordinary person pretending to be a hero.Her problems are about to get a lot bigger, though: a dangerous sorcerer has just come to town, and it's fallen to Jenny to unravel his sinister scheme. If she can't overcome her doubts in time to defeat the mixed-up cyborgs, clever gangsters, and trash-talking ninja-girls standing in her way, it could be curtains for Santa Florentina...and maybe even the world!

Hawaii is palm trees, black sand, and blue water—but for policewoman Lei Texeira, there’s a dark side to paradise.Lei has overcome a scarred past to make a life for herself as a cop in the sleepy Big Island town of Hilo. On a routine patrol she finds two murdered teenagers—one of whom she’d recently busted. With its echoes of her own past, the murdered girl’s harsh life and tragic death affect Lei deeply. She becomes obsessed—even as the killer is drawn to Lei's intensity, feeding off her vulnerabilities and toying with her sanity.Despite her obsession with the case and fear that she's being stalked, Lei finds herself falling in love for the first time. Steaming volcanoes, black sand beaches and shrouded fern forests are the backdrop to Lei's quest for answers—and the stalker is closer than she can imagine, as threads of the past tangle in her future. Lei is determined to find the killer—but he knows where to find her first.

Exotic and breathtakingly beautiful, orchids are one of the largest families of flowering plants on earth and easily the most diverse. Professional photographer Bla Kalman spent more than three years shooting thousands of plants exclusively for Rare Orchids, images of new hybrids, obscure specimens, and classic blooms in all their glory. This spectacular book features more than 120 species and named varieties, from the native North American ladys slipper to greenhouse cymbidiums, florists miltonias, corsage cattleyas, collectors paphiopedilums, and windowsill moth orchids.

The mystical Orchid Medal, forged thousands of years ago in ancient China, is one of the most potent magical artifacts in the world...and for the past year Jenny Li, a pretty darn ordinary college student, has been using its powers to fight crime in the seaside city of Santa Florentina. Her life has become a confusing whirlwind of supervillain battles and missed classes, and although she tries her best, she's never been able to shake the feeling that she's just a phony, an ordinary person pretending to be a hero. Her problems are about to get a lot bigger, though: a dangerous sorcerer has just come to town, and it's fallen to Jenny to unravel his sinister scheme. If she can't overcome her doubts in time to defeat the mixed-up cyborgs, clever gangsters, and trash-talking ninja-girls standing in her way, it could be curtains for Santa Florentina...and maybe even the world!