"Though she was engaged to the wealthiest man in Venice, lovely Bianca felt she was the unhappiest girl inthe world. Then she met a tall, auburn-haired American and she decided she had to know passion for at least one night before her dreaded wedding day. Evan was insolent and wild, brash and uncivil, but just his glance made her flush with sensual longing she'd never before felt. The green-eyed beauty gave herslef completely to the stranger, fogetting the consequences in the furnace of her ecstacy's Emerald Fire."