Strange, twisted carvings and hideous gargoyles adorn the palazzo of the
great Scarletti family. But a more fearful secret lurks within its
storm-tossed turrets. For every bride who enters its forbidding walls is
doomed to leave in a casket.
Nicoletta knows all too well the curse that plagues the house of
Scarletti. She has always believed her miraculous healing gifts would
set her apart and that no man would ever command her. Then she gazes
into the dark, mesmerizing eyes of Don Scarletti and she fears for her
future--for it is Scarletti's ancient right to select a bride from among
his people . . . and he has chosen her.
Compelled by duty, driven by burning, inescapable desire, Nicoletta
surrenders to this powerful, hypnotic man, giving her body willingly
into his keeping. But will the tormented don be her heart's destiny . .
. or her soul's destruction?