I Demand a Truce

Hiding her face behind a mask, Allegra Valenti appears at the most lavish ball in Venice. She anticipates a dreary marriage of convenience, and wants to distract herself from unpleasant thoughts, even if just for a while. But the passionate embrace of a stranger shatters the usual course of her life, and she finds herself at the center of a scandal. The brooding Spanish Count Christian Acosta cannot believe that the masked nymph, who robbed him of his composure at the ball, is the sister of his best friend, the spoiled heiress he has always looked upon with disdain. And now, to ensure the Acosta lineage has an heir, Christian will have to slip a wedding ring on her finger…