The Flame of Desire Author:Carole Mortimer Only Luke made her feel so alive! — Sophie Bedford didn't like anything about Luke Vittorio -- but she fell in love with him just the same. Luke was attractive to women; as a portrait painter there were many in his life. Worse, Sophie suspected he was having an affair with Rosemary, her stepmother. He was bossy and arrogant. — Yet Sophie knew ... more »that no other man could arouse the fiery response in her that the magnetic Luke had. When he asked her to marry him, she accepted -- hoping that someday his desire would turn to love!« less