The impulsive Mr. Morrison

Jim Morrison is ready to escape Rosa Blanca, a sweltering Central American capital he considers a festering backwater. Sent south by his father to see the family banana business, he has endured a lonely month on the plantation and now plans to catch the next ship home—unless Ellen Goring, the American consul’s captivating daughter, gives him a reason to stay.

Unfortunately, Jim’s temper is as quick as his decisions. A quarrel with a hotel bore, an unwise attachment, and the uneasy atmosphere surrounding the presidential palace soon draw him into a country where politics, romance, and danger are never far apart. As rumors of revolutionary unrest spread beneath the tropical calm, Jim must rely on nerve, improvisation, and the very impulses that so often get him into trouble. This lively adventure combines brisk action, colorful characters, romantic complications, and the atmosphere of a volatile banana republic.