With fiery hair and a spirit to match, Eulalie Pritchard defies her father and flees London to marry Sir Percival Sterling -- a man she hardly knows. Then Lalie reaches Para, Brazil -- only to discover that Sir Percival's luxurious rubber plantation is another 3,000 treacherous miles down the dangerous Amazon. And dashing March Addison, the one man who can guarantee her safe passage, is as dangerous and unpredictable as the river itself.

From the moment they meet, Lalie and March are destined to clash. Yet in the sultry tropics, desire grows swiftly and the rules of civilization are swept away by the fierce currents of the river. Soon Lalie finds herself captured by a passion as swift and strong as the mighty Amazon...