Bryony Pearce

Phoenix Rising is Atlanta, the Phoenix City that is reborn from its own destruction, the enthralling story of a silver-haired beauty and the exotic stranger who loves her... Kenna Chalmers, a georgeous debutante, becomes an army nurse with one thought in mind -- to search for her brother, who was shot down over France. But before she can leave Atlanta, many dangers and surprises await her. The terror of the chase as a hunted German officer tries to kill her... the passion of a gypsy who steals her love in a deserted cabin... the secret engagement to an aristocratic officer. Through it all, Kenna struggles to deny the irresistible passion of Irish Firzpatrick, the man determined to make her his own.

This work is a first hand account of two important events which occurred in the Pacific at the turn of the century - the annexation of Niue and the establishment of a protectorate over Tonga by Great Britain.