Strangers, born enemies these two were caught up in a torment of love that could not be—yet would not die. Leilani was a Hawaiian princess, fleeing a death-sentence pronounced by the conspirators who seized her beloved island. Mistaken for a girl of ill-fame, unable to reveal her true identity, she fell into the hands of... Costain, an American adventurer in the pay of Leilani's enemies. A cynic about women, Mark Costain found in Leilani far more than he'd ever bargained for. Their destiny was danger—and the bittersweet torment of a savage rapture that could not be, yet would not die.