Journey to Paradise — Barbara Cartland

Beautiful young Kamala Lindsey knew she had to run away. Her cruel uncle, with his Victorian ideas, had threatened her life if she did not marry whom he wanted --a tired old man of sixty!

And so, she did run away from her uncle's home. Riding toward the coast and intending to seek a new life of her own in France, Kamala is involved in an accident that injures a handsome stranger, she interrupts her journey to nurse him back to health. Conrad Veryan was a man desperate for riches but more desperate for love.

Then, penniless, they smuggle themselves aboard a sailing schooner bound for Mexico. It proved to be no ordinary trip. Kamala suddenly found herself caught in a dangerous web of intrigue and threatening peril, not only on the ship but also when they arrive on the other side of the ocean.