Charlotte Ashton has always been on the outside looking in—until she meets worldly Alexandre Dupree. Consulting at her family's Napa Valley vineyard, the winemaker soon has shy, innocent Charlotte completely under his spell. It's as though he knows all her secret desires, all her dreams—just what it takes to seduce her.

That's because he's read her secret journal. He's discovered the real Charlotte—the sensual, generous woman she longs to be—and has acted accordingly. Is his crime so unforgivable when all he wants is to awaken her passion?