The Sicilian's Defiant Mistress

When revenge, secrets and passion ignite!

Cass can’t continue with a relationship that involves just her body when her heart is breaking... But the deal she made with Sicilian tycoon Maximos ends the affair. Cass is completely destroyed. Worse, she discovers she’s pregnant...

But, months on, an explosive reunion is on the cards, in Jane Porter's dark, passionate and utterly gripping story of secrets and revenge!

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Name the most romantic movie of all time?

For me, it would have to be something a little bittersweet, maybe even a tad heartbreaking, like the film adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.

* Name the most romantic song of all time?

Okay, this is a really old song, but I love Moonriver--think its gorgeous and it always makes my heart feel a little pang.

* What is the most romantic romance book you've ever read?

This isn't the answer you'd expect, because it's not a romance book, but it symbolizes love and sacrifice, and that's Charles Dickens' Tale of Two Cities. I also love novels by the Brontes....I'm a big fan of all the classics.

* What is the most romantic present a lover could give you?

A gift he made himself, or something very simple and lovely that comes from the heart and not the wallet.

* What is the most romantic present you have ever given a lover?

I made a scrapbook and copied things from my journal and poetry I'd written about him/us and included it with photos. It's kind of embarrassing--poetry is so personal--but I wanted the gift to be very personal.

* What is your idea of the most romantic date?

I love candle light and moonlight and toasty fires--so it could be anywhere where the lights are dim and its quiet and I can see the face of the one I love in flickering firelight.

* Tell us the most romantic thing that has happened to you?

My boyfriend made me a DVD of me learning to surf with him and took the surf session and set it to music and at the very end, where he gives me a hug and a kiss, the hug and kiss match up with the song lyrics, "and I love you." It's a beautiful movie and watching it makes me feel close to him despite the distance. (I live in Seattle and he lives in Hawaii.)

* What's your idea of the most romantic meal?

I love shrimp and crab, a glass of chilled wine or champagne, a crisp salad, and something really yummy for dessert.

* If you could go anywhere, where would be your choice for the most romantic vacation?

Now that I date a surfer, I think I'd love to go to a very remote island in the South Seas, and he could surf and I could read during the day and then at night we could eat fresh fish and sleep listening to the sound of the waves.

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