Things like this just don't happen to Maddie Lang! Having grown up in a sleepy little English village, she doesn't expect a research trip to Italy to end with her being held captive by the infamous Count Valieri...

Holding her under lock and key in his luxurious casa, the Count is ready to strike a deal to save his family – one with an unconventional method of payment!

As much as Maddie wills her traitorous body not to respond, his practiced touch sparks the first flickers of what could become dangerously addictive flames...