**Her attempt at seduction the night before his marriage had nearly been his undoing.** Wealthy businessman Damon Asteriades had pushed aside all thoughts of brash Rebecca Grainger for years, until circumstances forced him to bring her back to his family's estate. There was no reason for him to become further involved with the woman society had dubbed the black widow bride…save the intense passion that still burned hot between them. That, and a three-year-old secret she was protecting.
Hurt by her ex-fiancé’s change of heart, Lucy takes a trip to Italy. But she’s swindled, loses a ton of money and is ordered to leave her lodgings. The gorgeous villa where she’d been staying belongs to Count Giulio Falcone, an Italian aristocrat with a long and noble family history. The beautiful count looks at Lucy coldly and insists that she owes him. To pay him, he says she must stay on his property and do what he says. Will she have to accept kisses from him whenever he wants, too?
"I simply require you to share my bed." Luca Barbarigo has lain in wait for three long years, and is now ready to exact his revenge against Valentina Henderson. After one unforgettable night together, she left him with nothing but X-rated memories and the sting of her hand across his jaw. But they are the least of her crimes.… Valentina swore she'd never see him again, but you don't turn your back on Luca Barbarigo. Now she must confront the man who devastated her with only her innocence of his claims to barter… What will it cost her to walk away this time?
A selection of best works by the author herself, includes: 1) [Juma](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=32575) (Bouquet, 1979) 2) Densetsu: Mirai-kei (Bouquet, 1980) 3) [Umi no Hotori no Oukoku de...](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=100791) (Bouquet, 1980) 4) Shera no Kuukan (Bouquet, 1980) 5) Roumantic Yuki (Ribon, 1978) Special: Illustration Gallery