CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE NOVEL Jess Foster is your typical party girl…or so it seems…. She’s got it all, money, looks, brains and sex appeal to rival any siren. Living in Manhattan with her best friend Lily, Jess is living the high life, toying with men and casting them aside. Behind the party girl fa?ade is a broken, scared young woman who can confide in no one. She hides it well until she spends the night with a sexy Italian player. Simon Mantovani doesn’t do relationships. He’s witnessed one woman he loves broken beyond repair. He couldn’t protect her…and he will never make that mistake again. He keeps his conquests to one night only, making sure to remove any emotional connection from the equation. That is until he is introduced to a vixen who captures his attention. Convincing himself it is a purely physical reaction, he embarks on a quest to get her out of his system…not so easy when you recognize the pain of a broken soul behind the most beautiful eyes you’ve ever seen. Have Jess and Simon met their match in each other? Will they be able to forge something real together, or will their primal, undeniable attraction to each other be the very thing that rips them apart? Jess is a master of self-sabotage. Confronted with a decision that could change everything will she put her trust in the man she so desperately wants? A thrilling tale of caustic love between two people that swore never to go down this path. Jess and Simon will take you on a rollercoaster ride as they struggle to find their place in each other’s lives. Sometimes love just isn’t enough… **