When all else fails… Lady Claire Sutherland is not exactly on anybody’s favorite person list, and she knows it well. After her disaster with the Monterran Royal Family, she’s found herself without any other friends and absolutely nothing to do. Desperate to change her situation and regain what she has lost, she attends a house party in Tuscany, though she doubts it will improve anything. …could his kiss be just what she needs? When Claire discovers that Salvatore, the duca di Brista, notorious playboy and friend of the Fiorelli family, is also a guest, she knows the party is doomed to fail for her. Salvatore has never liked Claire, and the feeling is mutual. But when the guests are required to kiss someone the first night, and they find themselves in each other’s arms, everything begins to shift Claire’s world in a way she could never have expected.