"You'd better hightail it back to England. " That's what Captain Ty Morgan instructed Ria Brownlow to do when he discovered her stowed away aboard his ship. For Ria the Tiger Rose offered passage to Brunei where she could begin her expedition to the primitive jungle village of Long Laha. She'd known the risks involved in taking this journey, but she'd promised her late father she'd fulfill his last request. 1y understood her unwavering determination, but he couldn't let the twenty-year-old face the jungle alone. Ria was happy when the handsome seaman decided to accompany her--but at journey's end she wasn't nearly ready to say goodbye.