title: The Safeguarded Heart
author: Smith, Melanie A.
description:                   "If you love contemporary romance with a lot of intrigue, steam and twists and turns, then don't miss out on this book!" -Kitri, reader
  From best-selling author Melanie A. Smith comes the second book in a series of steamy contemporary romantic suspense novels.
  The time has come to decide: it's all or nothing...
  Fresh off a series of life-changing events, real estate mogul Serafina Evans has decided to pursue the man she loves - the stubborn, intelligent, charming, and devastatingly handsome Alessandro Giordano. And while Alessandro is finally free of the ties that bound him, that revelation was followed by his insistence that he must return to his home country of Italy. So, Sera must track him down and find out why he left ... and if there's any hope left for their love.
  But as much as her life has changed lately, nothing can prepare Sera for the challenges and lessons in love, loss, and tragedy that are yet to come. This will include her biggest lesson yet: how to persevere through it all and mend a repeatedly shattered heart to do the impossible - give all of herself to someone. But is it something she's ready for?
  Note: Books One through Three in this series are meant to be read in order.