Successful millionaire, Marco DeLuca had been estranged from his younger brother Oliver for so many years, he'd completely lost track of exactly how long it had been. He had always been the more serious of the two brothers and the fact that his parents had adored and doted on carefree Oliver had driven him around the bend. He had left Seattle at the tender age of 18 and he'd not looked back since. When news of Oliver's sudden death reaches Marco, he is thrown for a loop. Then he learns that his happy-go-lucky little brother had left their parents' home to his brand new bride, whom Marco had known nothing about. Suspicion drove Marco back to Seattle, his mind set on destroying what he was sure was a ditzy blonde sexpot who had most likely wooed Oliver into her bed and bewitched the kid into giving her everything he owned. What he finds when he gets home though, isn't at all what he had expected. Liz is a tiny little brunette with class, brains and dark good looks that gets Marco's blood pumping. Then there is the fact that Liz is three months pregnant with his only living DeLuca blood relative...Ashamed to be attracted to his brother's widow, Marco hides behind the mask of a business like proposition. The idea? She marries him so that he can give the child the DeLuca name while providing Liz with the lifestyle she has never had, and he can be a part of his niece or nephew's life. It was a simple plan that should have worked out... But there are a lot of secrets that Liz is keeping from her new husband.... Secrets that aren't hers to share. Oliver had not been what his big brother had thought him to be, and their marriage hadn't either. - Too bad for Liz, the truth has a nasty way of coming out... What will happen when Marco finds out what she's been hiding from him? Will it destroy the beginnings of what is turning out to look like a good solid marriage? Or will it make it stronger?