Island Confidential Holiday Gift Ideas

These are my personal recommendations, based on my own experience and preferences. I haven’t received any compensation. (Except if you buy a book by me, I will get a dollar or so.)

I hope you enjoy discovering something new this season!

Where else can you buy a plush mongoose, handmade in Honokaʻa, HI? All proceeds fulfill Honokaʻa Heritage Centerʻs mission to preserve, educate and celebrate the heritage of North Hawaiʻi.

Three Ring Ranch is a private,
non-profit, exotic animal sanctuary located on five acres above Kona, HI. Buy logo merchandise, or adopt an animal.

Basically Books in Hilo, HI offers Hawaiian maps, music, and books by local authors.



Even in paradise, people die. Jane Laswell Hoff’s debut mystery takes readers to a Hawaii most tourists never see.

Leslie Karst’s Sally Solari mysteries are smart, funny, and delicious.

Jill Steele’s Blood on the Orchids takes the reader to a world that no longer exists. It ended when it was buried in the 2018 lava flow.