'If you really want to know the truth, Francine, you'll have to marry me.' Out of the sultry Venetian dusk a dark, sensual stranger came to rescue her - then to bewitch her, and finally to seduce her. Francine Allen was here to work, not to fall in love. But how could resist the feverish excitement that Alessandro Zancani aroused in her? He appeared to be the perfect lover - but hadn't he already said that he liked to play games? Francine knew that she was playing with fire, but she just had to find out ...