Passion's Mistress

the long version

HOW MUCH WOULD A MOTHER SACRIFICE FOR HER CHILD? Carly Taylor had made it on her own for six years, raising her daughter and hiding from the heartbreaking memories of the husband who'd betrayed her. But when her daughter's life was threatened, Carly was desperate enough to go to the man she'd tried to forget and ask for his help. Stefano Alessi was the embodiment of power and once he learned he had a child, he was determined to wield that power ruthlessly. He gave Carly one option: return to his home and to his bed. And that was where the danger lay. For once Carly was locked in Stefano's embrace, the world would cease to matter. For how could she fight the sheer force of a man whose greatest weapon was the desire she felt for him?