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