One minute, waitress Meghan Selby is pouring Alessandro di Agnio's coffee. The next, he's pouring her champagne! Italy's most notorious tycoon has chosen his bride. By day, she clears tables in a Spoleto trattoria; by nightfall, she is whisked away to his secluded Umbrian villa.
...Bedded for pleasure! Desperate to escape the painful scandal she left behind in Iowa, Meghan accepts Alessandro's startling proposal. In public, the charismatic billionaire sweeps her into Milanese high society; behind closed doors, he vows never to risk his guarded heart.
Alessandro expects a proper wife in his bed... with no expectation of love. Meghan seems ideal; her heart off-limits, her eyes full of longing....
A whirlwind Milan wedding gives way to a sun-drenched Greek honeymoon, where every stolen touch shatters the terms of their bargain.
Behind the gilded gates of Villa Tre Querce, can Alessandro and Meghan keep their fierce desire from shattering their carefully guarded pact?