An inexperienced young woman gives in to forbidden desire when she seeks help from her billionaire stepbrother in this sexy enemies-to-lovers romance. Stranded in Rome and desperate to escape a predatory suitor, Laurel Forrester has no one to turn to but her stepbrother, Cristiano Ferrero. A dangerous chemistry has always burned between them, even if he believes her to be exactly like her manipulative mother. And now, trapped in his luxurious penthouse, Laurel realizes how vulnerable she is to his raw magnetism . . . Cristiano desires Laurel just as much as he despises her. Intent on getting her out of his system, he proposes one night of sin. But Laurel's surprising inexperience only increases his thirst for her, and makes Cristiano determined to entice her to surrender again . . . and again!