Allegra Avesti never realized that her fianc?, wickedly handsome tycoon Stefano Capozzi, saw her as just another item on his agenda. How could she share her life with a man who'd negotiated the terms of their marriage in the boardroom rather than the bedroom? Years later, Stefano needs Allegra--and is determined to claim his runaway bride. The defiant Allegra will return to Italy with him--and if he has to seduce her into agreeing, then that will make it all the more pleasurable for him....