A nice melodramatic HP. The heroine, Bianca, is supposedly the hero, Cesare's mistress. I say supposedly because she didn't live with him and didn't accept any money or gifts from him. Seems more like what I would call an affair. Anyhoo, she feels in danger of falling too far in love with him and breaks it off. He gets mad, (no one breaks up with him!) and has her investigated and uses what he finds out about her mother to force her to continue their affair. But he is basically too decent a guy to follow through with it. After he lets her go, he realizes his anger etc., has all been because he really loves her and he goes to get her back. Pretty predictable all around but it is an HP after all. You know what they're about, that's why you read them. There is quite a bit of the hero's POV which helps him not come off as a total ass. ( )