Used book – L'Insoumis du Pacifique, Candice Proctor, Myra Bories

Narrow-minded and malicious people classified Miss India McKnight as an adventuress. What respectable young woman would have traveled alone through barely explored regions inhabited by savages? India, for her part, defined herself as a writer and traveler. After traveling through Africa, crisscrossing the Middle East, and visiting South America, she was now interested in Oceania. And, to verify a theory about the origin of Polynesians, she had to climb the Futapu volcano, on the island of Takaku. A most dangerous expedition, in a hostile jungle, among cannibal tribes... Only an outcast like Jack Ryder could agree to be her guide in this crazy endeavor! After his wife's death and a scandal that had him expelled from the Navy, Jack had turned his back on civilization. But nothing immunized him against the charm of the beautiful India...