Dangerous Climate

From the high seas to the steamy tropics, the search for fame and fortune brought them together -- until love twisted them into a deadly triangle

Belle McGlory knew what she wanted. She was hardly more than a child when she stowed away on a ship bound for Panama. By the time the voyage was over, she was a woman -- well aware of her spellbinding power.

Lucius Talent, dapper gambler and ladies' man, saw in Belle the perfect partner for his shady games of chance. She was so quick to learn at the gaming tables that Lucius gave her special lessons in the art of love.

Jim Rideout was as honest a man as Talent was crooked. Belle lost her heart the first time she saw him. But proper, idealistic young Rideout would never marry so jaded a lady. No one knew that better than Lucius Talent.