The Virgin's Dance With The Devil: A sizzling 'winner takes all' and forced proximity love story

Marisa didn’t know Rico knew her sister’s marriage to Gennaro Martinelli was fake; built on an agreement where Gennaro paid off the Rossellini’s debts because he’d needed a wife to do business in a Middle Eastern country that forbade unmarried foreigners trading there. The tips of his fingers brushed the tips of hers, and suddenly her heart wasn’t just swelling but pounding hard enough to stop her breathing, drums thrashing a beat in her head. Stripped to her bikini, she was engrossed in The Heart’s Invisible Furies, a book that had already made her laugh and cry even if she did struggle with some of the translated Irish terms, when her phone pinged. No longer able to resist, she finally allowed herself to look at Rico.