The second daughter of a royal chief, Maile will be permitted to marry for love. Her fiancé is the best navigator in Hawai'i, and he taught her how to feel the ocean, observe the winds, read the stars, and how to love. When sailors from a strange place called England arrive on her island, a misunderstanding ends in battle. Maile is widowed before she is wed. In the middle of the battle, Maile takes John Harbottle, the wounded man who killed her fiancé, prisoner. She intends to let him die, but reluctantly heals him. As Captain James Cook’s translator for three voyages across the Pacific, Harbottle is fascinated with her homeland and her people-- and Maile herself. Can they face the challenges of being from very different cultures? -- adapted from back cover