Gabrielle of the Lagoon

A riveting romance novel by Arnold Safroni Middleton set in the Solomon Isles of the South Sea. Hillary is a ship's apprentice running away from his former crew. He flees to Papua New Guinea where he hopes to enjoy the uneventful life of a tropical paradise. That is until he meets Gabrielle Everard, a young woman of mixed race who lives with her father, a former sailor himself. Hillary is smitten with her and would do anything to be with her. That is all threatened when a series of events leads to Gabrielle being kidnapped by a shady figure called Rajah Koo Macah. It is up to Hillary to rescue Gabrielle…