Deception of the Heart

Melanie Bennett can’t believe her luck when her boss asks her to accompany him on the trip to Italy. His collaboration with the brilliant writer Daniel Spitieri brings them to the old man’s villa for a week long stay.

Here, they are welcomed by the writer, his wife and one more unexpected guest, Jonathan Davies, whose very presence will change her life forever.

Torn between the loyalty to her boss and the magnetic pull of Jon’s dark eyes, she is trying to walk the thin line dividing the two worlds. Only the boundary lines between duty, work and pleasure blur, her boss’ erratic behavior adding fuel to the fire. His trip to meet Daniel Spitieri has nothing to do with the older man's academic achievements. Nothing is what it seems, each step taking her deeper and deeper into something much more sinister and unexpected than she would have ever thought…

Surrounded by lies and danger, she decides to reach out to the man who had gained her trust from the moment they met. Confining into Jonathan seems like the only way out, her hopes shattered when she finally discovers that her boss isn’t the only one hiding secrets. The man who made love to her with passion that could set the whole world on fire, seems to have his own agenda, their affair nothing more than a charade to serve his purpose.

Who is this tall, dark eyed man who seems almost too perfect to be true? And most importantly why did he let her believe he cared about her in the first place?

The time for games is over, the cards laid out on the table for her to see.