Painted Lady

the long version

SHE WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN HE'D EVER SEEN... Life on picturesque Block Island was quiet and serene. Until the day historian Giles Chastain literally collided with chic Manhattan photographer Petra O'Toole and suddenly found himself falling for an enchanting, elusive creature he barely knew. Ever since the afternoon their paths had so dramatically crossed, Petra had been thrown by her mounting feelings for this man who made no secret of his fiery desire for her-and whose virile charms she found impossible to resist. Their romance was hot, tender, explosive--everything they'd ever dreamed it would be--until their passionate idyll was abruptly shattered by a danger neither had anticipated, threatening their growing love...their very lives...