Shy student Alexandra -X' to her friends - arrives in Xaples desperate for adventure beyond the shellered life she's led. As she explores the sun-soaked Italian cily streets, she meets a man like none she has ever mel before. Bord Marcus Roscarrick is handsome, charismatic and wealthy beyond all imaginings- and yel, undernealhi his smooth exterior, senses he is a man well-acquainted with danger.
He begins to dazzle her in a way that she cannot resist.
As they embark on a passionale affair, X is drawn further into Roscarrick's glillering world. But soon she discovers there's a darker side to him. And as he reveals his darkes! secrels, and urges her to submit to his desires, X must decide: is she in too deep, or dare she take the final plunge?