Book excerpt: As a prisoner in a Vietnamese labor camp, Rachel McKendrick Phillips had done things to survive that she couldn't bear to think about. Even safely home in the United States, her memories would give her no peace. So two years later, drawn by an irresistible force, Rachel returned to Southeast Asia. There she met an unlikely soul mate: Brett "Tiger" Jackson, reputed drug smuggler and mercenary. Rachel knew that Brett was dangerous. But her heart insisted that he was the one man who could banish the nightmares of her past and restore her faith in the future….