Sophisticated and smooth–that's how Matteo De Luca is now–a world away from the rough and ready young Italian who seduced Stephanie when she was nineteen, and unknowingly left her pregnant. On the idyllic island of Ischial, in the Bay of Naples,

Stephanie has come face to face with her former lover. But though Matteo may have gained Mediterranean pride and polish, his physique is still rugged and his lifestyle oddly humble. Intrigued, and hopelessly attracted again, Stephanie surrenders to an intense affair. But her heart breaks when she thinks of the permanent pleasure that cannot be theirs not so long as Matteo keeps his secret and she hers