The Island Snatchers

Anne, widowed shortly after reaching Hawaii, must somehow earn a living in a place and time where most women in her situation are forced into prostitution or virtual slavery. Believing that the native people are little more than savages, Anne is stunned when her brief contact with the royal household of King Kamehameha gives her work legitimacy among the white immigrants. Against a backdrop of plague, attempted conquests of the island nation, and accusations of murder, Anne comes to see the natives as people, not savages -- and falls in love for the first time in her life.