To Burn Again Brightly — Joyce Verrette

Dutch-and-Javanese hero Britt Vandekker, half brother to the outlawed island ruler, the raden Rakata, is owner of Phoenix House tea plantation. Fulfilling the last request of now-dead partner Charles Scott, Britt travels to Philadephia to inform the hateful widow Jessica and beloved daughter Melinda of Charles' death and the details of his will, which leaves all to "Minda." When Minda discovers that her oily fiance, Alden Townes, is plotting with Jessica to control Minda's fortune, she decides to return to Java.