{"id":2985,"date":"2018-06-11T11:02:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T18:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2018-06-12T11:04:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T18:04:08","slug":"on-king-kamehameha-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/2018\/06\/11\/2985\/","title":{"rendered":"On King Kamehameha Day…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pelo is a troubled man whose mixed ancestry of Hawaiian and Filipino has always made him feel like he has no place in either culture. He\u2019s back home on the Big Island of Hawaii after serving time for manslaughter\u2014a crime he did not commit. And now, a chance encounter with a newly widowed Filipina turns Pelo’s life upside down.<\/p>\n

From helping her family undertake the huge preparations necessary for a traditional Filipino funeral to finding a new chance at love with the woman\u2019s sexy and passionate son, Adan, Pelo finds he might finally have a chance for strong roots. On the single biggest festival day in the islands, King Kamehameha Day, will Pelo find his heart?<\/p>\n

This story was previously published under the title Pelo’s Heart<\/em>. This reissued version of the story has been revised and reedited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Purchase Link:\u00a0https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07DNKFLTT Pelo is a troubled man whose mixed ancestry of Hawaiian and Filipino has always made him feel like he has no place in either culture. He\u2019s back home on the Big Island of Hawaii after serving time for manslaughter\u2014a crime he did not commit. And now, a chance encounter with a newly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,502],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frontpage","category-the-pele-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2985"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2988,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985\/revisions\/2988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}