Splendor

IN ROME, THE WORLD'S MOST VOLUPTUOUS CITY, LOVE IS THE ULTIMATE SEDUCTION...

In one stunning year, Tess Farraday swept her own New York advertising agency into the golden circle of high-powered clients, luxury and sophistication. Now she's landed her biggest account--for a miraculous beauty cream from the exclusive Via del Velo in Rome. The product and its creator are a copywriter's dream...the world's most expensive cosmetic, created by the elusive Silvia di Porto, a glamorous, timeless beauty.

In Rome's jet-set dolce vita, there is no room for second place--in love or money--and one ambitious woman's private scandals and public power-plays could bring Tess's campaign crashing down. But in the luminous twilight of the Eternal City, Tess encounters Sam Rappaport, the passionate artist who had broken her young girl's heart. Now his sensuous, powerful love fills her dreams again, but this time everything is on the line...her dazzling hard-won triumph, and the richer happiness beyond...