The brooding Italian has returned... To finally make her his! Two years after their last heartbreaking meeting Ciro Sant-Angelo bursts back into Lara Templeton's life with a demand. His former fiancee will fulfil her promise and become his wife! Ciro is not the man Lara remembers - a devastating experience has left him scarred and completely ruthless. Yet their intense fire has never died, and his caress awakens innocent Lara to unimaginable pleasures. Could their convenient marriage be their redemption...?