A retro contemporary romance set in glamorous Monte Carlo in the 1980s with all the glitz, glamour, smoking, and big hair you could ever desire. Booby, blonde, beautiful and young Diane falls hard for the strong, silent-type Marco de Noli after he deflowers her in the store room of the salon she works at. Diane is drawn to the filthy and rough sex Marco has introduced her to, and nothing else will suit, even if she now feels cage in at the beautiful and cold estate they live in along with Marco's family.

Marco was supposed to marry a quiet woman to bear the heir(s) of the de Noli family, especially a woman who would understand it is family above all else, even if said family is a pit of nasty vipers. As business draws Marco away and as Diane worries he is growing colder and may be cheating on her, she snaps during a particularly rough family dinner that is also supposed to be their one year anniversary celebration. Marco isn't there, until it is too late and The Slap and the Great Statue Breaking has already occured.

Diane disappears back to America, and soon finds out she is carrying the de Noli heir. She thinks Marco has given up on them, but five months later he has found her. And he will do anything to keep her, even if that means stopping their rough love making. What Marco doesn't understand is that Diane loves it, she just wants him to stand up with her to his family and be her true partner.

This book was a whole MOOD. I wouldn't recommend it unless you enjoy the epic categories of this same era because it definitely hit those buttons (and for some, triggers). This is a case I was quite happy these two enjoyed those things (and boy howdy do they), but i was like WHATTT several times lol.

A darn good time, I hope the author continues on with more. I was definitely not bored!

Content notes: dub con, rough sex, discussions of vomiting during rough sex, pregnancy, toxic family, cigarette smoking, sexual harassment (secondary characters) . probably more.