Already haunted by a youth of illegitimacy and poverty, Valente Lorenzatto never forgave Caroline Hales's abandonment of him at the altar.But now he's made millions and claimed his aristocratic Venetian birthright-and he's poised to get his revenge. He'll ruin Caroline's family by buying out their company and throwing them out of their mansion; unless she agrees to give him the wedding night she denied him five years ago.