No Holds Barred Largeprint edition

She couldn't reveal her true feelings

Zare Forturini was convinced that Laine Balfour would say or do anything to get her hands on the Forturini wealth. "It's a pity, " he said contemptuously, "my brother didn't notice your hard, self-centered heart before he became infatuated with you. "

Laine loved young Cristo Forturini--like a brother. So she endured Zare's unbearable insolence and accompanied him to Italy where Cristo lay ill.

And she tried to hide her feelings when she found herself falling in love with a Forturini, after all . . . even though Zare's fortune had nothing to do with it.