 
Ruthless Eli Di Luca hides the torment of his past beneath a façade of  iron control. No one suspects the anguish he suffers, or the reasons why  he has sworn never to marry. Only blackmail could change his mind...
Beautiful young author Chloë Conte's first book zoomed to the top of  the bestseller lists. Now, struggling to write her second mystery, she  retreats to an isolated cottage in a private vineyard. But with his  magnetic appeal and his fascinating tales of Bella Terra's violent past,  Eli Di Luca proves an irresistible distraction, and Chloë finds herself  falling in love with a man she hardly knows. Soon she discovers that Eli  has been keeping secrets from her, and the truth will bring more than  heartbreak...it will put them both in mortal danger.
When murder and peril threaten, the only way Chloe can survive is to  trust the man who has betrayed her...and that's a price her stubborn  heart  may not be willing to pay.