Dawn Series by Susannah Leigh

The second book in the captivating new Dawn series sweeps from Macoa to Canton to Hawaii. It's 1840 and dashing sea captain Matthew Barron is instantly attracted to the missionary's beautiful daughter Rachel. But when Rachel finds out Matthew's last cargo contained opium, she wants nothing to do with him.

When her brother is captured along with a group of missionaries in the jungles of Indochina, Dominie d'Arielle is determined to rescue him, even if it means sailing on the ship run by stern Jared Barron.

PASSION IN PARADISE Maria McClintock was as beautiful and free-spirited as the windswept Hawaiian island of Maui where she was born and raised. And she soon caught the eye and woke the lust of powerful planter Royal Perralt, who trapped her in a web of lies and manipulations to get what he wanted. A prisoner of Perralt's twisted desires, Maria's heaven turned into hell...until she met the handsome seafarer Alexander Barron, who brought her peace and rapturous release... morePASSION IN PARADISE Maria McClintock was as beautiful and free-spirited as the windswept Hawaiian island of Maui where she was born and raised. And she soon caught the eye and woke the lust of powerful planter Royal Perralt, who trapped her in a web of lies and manipulations to get what he wanted. A prisoner of Perralt's twisted desires, Maria's heaven turned into hell...until she met the handsome seafarer Alexander Barron, who brought her peace and rapturous release. And now nothing on earth--not even Perralt's cruel deceits and claims--could keep Maria and Alex apart. For their passion, as fiery as the tropic sun, lit the way from an ecstatic moment of madness to magnificent lasting love.... less