But somehow Holly became enchanted by the pleadingeyes of a motherless little girl and entranced by the girl'smysterious father, Matteo. Before she knew what washappening, she had been swept away to their luxuriousfamily villa in Rome. But as the long summer days slowly began to fade, Hollydiscovered that within the walls of this home and in theheart of the man she was coming to love, hid some darksecrets--secrets that would finally set them all free....