Susan Stephens 
In The Venetian’s Bed 

Arrogant and ruthless, Luca Barbaro is the kind of man Nell hates most.Although helpless to resist his raw sexuality, she can never forgive his brutal coldness of years ago. Until they meet again in Venice one carnival night-not as Luca and Nell, but as two masked strangers in the grip of pure, irresistible attraction, untainted by the past. . . . But what happens when the masks come off?