Hope Winston will do anything for a friend?even if it means travelling across the world to help run an English language school in Italy. When her good deed puts her life in danger, Hope is in need of protection, but she doesn't want protection from a cop. She has good reason to distrust them--so how is it that she's ended up sleeping with one? Head of the elite anti-mafia squad, Capitano Franco Rivera finds the gorgeous American delectable but dangerous. He feels compelled to protect her, even though she can't seem to stop stirring up trouble. Hope needs a keeper and Franco is just the man to keep her...in his bed.