Raised by her mother in bohemian Italy, free-spirited Jo Attenborough’s modern notions of a woman’s role frequently land her in hot water...but nothing like the heat she experiences under the penetrating gaze of a mysterious man...

His mother Irish and his father a samurai, Flynn Ito has the spirit of a warrior -- and a reputation as a dangerous man. The reclusive cattle baron protects what’s his...and what he wants to possess more than anything he’s ever known is Jo...

They never should have met. But when their worlds collide, every desire will be granted, every forbidden pleasure explored, and every temptation will make an act of war into the sweetest surrender...