Hawaiian Crosswinds (The Dawn of Hawaii Series)

"Torn between family loyalties, political ambitions, and their commitment to each other, Rafe and Eden must fight to protect the people and place they care about so deeply. The year is 1892 and the small island nation of Hawaii is in turmoil. Rafe Easton and a small but influential band of Hawaiian patriots are quietly pursuing annexation to the United States out of concerns that the monarchy will fall to a less noble power. But Rafe is not the only one with secrets. And as political tensions mount, some of the island's most prominent families are faced with revelations that could unravel everything -- the future of hte country and Rafe's future with his beautiful and beloved fiancee, Eden Derrington...And Eden is compelled to join her father in the noble yet dangerous work of medical research among a shunned leper community -- a community that shelters the mother she never knew." -- p. [4] of cover… (more)