Arriving in Italy, Lady Cecile McCaulay is enchanted by the Castello di Scogliera and its glamorous inhabitants: the Conte di Cavour and, Lucrezia, his beautiful half-sister. However, their lavish welcome hides darker motives and a third resident walks the ancient corridors of the castle, by night, unseen.Meanwhile, Lord McCaulay and his new bride honeymoon on the Italian coast, unaware that malevolent forces threaten to destroy their new-found happiness.What dark secrets lie within those walls?Madness, abduction, imprisonment... murder?The past does not lie quietly.Towering above its island of wave-lashed rock is Castello di Scogliera.Look up at the narrow windows, and you might think yourself watched.Something, or someone, has been waiting for Lady McCaulay to arrive…A sumptuous Gothic Romance, filled with mystery, intrigue, and the lure of the sensuous, from the pen of Emmanuelle de Maupassant.Warning : This is a dark (and steamy) tale, and features some scenes best suited to adult eyesItalian Sonata is the second volume in the Noire trilogy.