She thought he was Florence’s most expensive gigolo.
He thought she knew exactly what he did.
American buyer Nicole Anderson comes to Italy to secure the collection that could transform her career. Instead, she loses a shoe on a rain-slick Florentine street—and meets Alessandro Bernardi.
He is immaculate, controlled, and surrounded by beautiful women who reserve his time, obey his quiet instructions, and pay handsomely for his discretion.
Alessandro solves expensive problems for Italy’s elite. Nicole needs his access to locked palazzos, private workshops, and a luxury world that does not welcome outsiders.
Ten days. No promises. One arrangement neither of them understands the same way.
By day, he opens every door she needs. By night, he makes every boundary feel temporary.
Then Alessandro begins cancelling other women. Rearranging his life. Asking Nicole to stay.
She knows what his attention must cost. What she does not know is whether she can afford to believe it belongs to her.
Because one wrong impression brought them together—and correcting it could destroy the only thing between them that was never for sale.
A sophisticated, steamy, dual-POV Italian romance filled with forced proximity, sharp banter, luxurious settings, hidden truths, and one devastatingly expensive misunderstanding.
Genre: Romance
He thought she knew exactly what he did.
American buyer Nicole Anderson comes to Italy to secure the collection that could transform her career. Instead, she loses a shoe on a rain-slick Florentine street—and meets Alessandro Bernardi.
He is immaculate, controlled, and surrounded by beautiful women who reserve his time, obey his quiet instructions, and pay handsomely for his discretion.
Alessandro solves expensive problems for Italy’s elite. Nicole needs his access to locked palazzos, private workshops, and a luxury world that does not welcome outsiders.
Ten days. No promises. One arrangement neither of them understands the same way.
By day, he opens every door she needs. By night, he makes every boundary feel temporary.
Then Alessandro begins cancelling other women. Rearranging his life. Asking Nicole to stay.
She knows what his attention must cost. What she does not know is whether she can afford to believe it belongs to her.
Because one wrong impression brought them together—and correcting it could destroy the only thing between them that was never for sale.
A sophisticated, steamy, dual-POV Italian romance filled with forced proximity, sharp banter, luxurious settings, hidden truths, and one devastatingly expensive misunderstanding.
Genre: Romance
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