Book excerpt: USA Today–Bestselling Author: He seduced an innocent hotel chambermaid—but can one night turn into a lifelong love? Seduced . . . When hotel chambermaid Sophie delivers room service to Sicily’s most dark-hearted tycoon, Bastiano Conti, his raw sexuality tempts her to take the ultimate risk—surrendering her untouched body to his! Shamed . . . Bastiano’s ruthlessness is renowned, but even his conscience flickers when Sophie is fired for their indiscretion—the memories of which are branded onto his very soul—and disappears. Pregnant! Bastiano finds Sophie working in a bar, disgraced, destitute—and pregnant. Rejected by his own family, Bastiano is determined to claim his child . . . by seducing defiant Sophie into wearing his ring!