Sophisticated and smooth-that's how Matteo De Luca is now-a world away from the rough and ready young Italian who seduced Stephanie when she was nineteen and unknowingly left her pregnant.

On the idyllic island of Ischia, in the Bay of Naples, Stephanie has come face-to-face with her former lover. Intrigued, and hopelessly attracted again, Stephanie surrenders to an intense affair. But her heart breaks when she thinks of the permanent pleasure that will never be theirs...not so long as Matteo keeps his secret and she hers-the existence of their son....