It was a very cold-blooded proposal
And Romy felt as if she'd signed her life away when family pressures forced her to accept enigmatic Xavier de Luca's offer. "Had circumstances been otherwise," she told him, "I would never have contemplated you as a husband."
She knew it wasn't going to be easy living with a man she mistrusted and despised as much as the omnipotent Sicilian baron, but Romy hadn't counted on the depth of passion that would flare between them.
Or the pain that Xavier's ex-wife would bring her....