The storybook romance of two obsessive people trapped in a fairytale of their own making.Catherine Antoinette Frances Posata Rossi--fabulously beautiful, enormously rich, totally southern--and spoiled. She would fight for what was hers, even if it meant destroying--and losing--her man. Domini Rossi--brilliant son of proud Sicilian peasants. Charming, ambitious, ruthless--and marked by destiny. He had everything a virile man could want--except the love he needed--and demanded.A fabulous saga of generations--a novel of struggle and triumph by the bestselling authog of Come Pour the Wine and A World Full of Strangers.

    He stumbles (quite literally) into a murky netherworld where he learns that he does have a talent after all - he can kill.Flying by the seat of his pants, Tom muddles his way through his new career, balancing the needs of his underworld bosses, his unknowing girlfriend and his knowing-too-much best friend. He's caught up in a rip-tide of events that he's forced to see through to the bitter - and darkly comic - end.