When she sees Lanzo di Cosimo again after ten years, Gina Bailey’s pulse races at the memories of their heady affair – a time when life seemed perfect. Now she is far from being the carefree innocent she was before. Abused by her ex-husband, and with her dreams of a family dashed, she’s built up barriers around her heart.

But Lanzo’s sweet caress implies that he wants Gina for the long term. Can she afford to surrender in the hope that he might protect her, cherish her, for better or worse…?