Caressa — Linda Lang Bartell

"Let me chase away your demons, Caressa mine." His lips met hers as she lay back against the soft, scented pillows, and made the blood dance in her veins....

Ravishingly beautiful young Caressa Chiari Rugerio was barely a wife before she became a widow in the land of danger and intrigue that was Renaissance Italy. Betrayed by lust and madness, she vowed never to entrust herself to another man again. But that was before Dante de'Allesandro came into her life ... this man who was known as a lion in war and a master in bed ... this man who made her a proposal too hard to resist ... this man who brought her forbidden hopes and dreams to life with the power of his love...