IN THE UNDERGROUND CAVES OF AN ANCIENT CHURCH SECRETS COLLIDE WITH PASSION... They stole her heart and then they stole the art. Or did they? Archaeology dream team Luke Trevanian, Lucy Racine and Norman Depardieu track the theft of a priceless religious artifact to murder. "Heroine Lucy Racine is a believable blend of professional cool and romantic heat. Engagingly alive..." Barbara Kyle, author of The Traitor's Daughter.In this "Romancing the Stone" meets "Raiders of the Lost Ark" adventure for women, museum illustrator Lucy Racine is pushed into the fast lane of an international smuggling racket that took place a decade and a half ago. After adamantly resisting his advances, she throws in her lot with billionaire Luke Trevanian to solve the mystery of a valuable, stolen church relic. And although she finds Luke irresistible she never bargained on falling for his bodyguard as well. Charming, charismatic Luke Trevanian and dark, brooding Norman Depardieu seduce Lucy into their shadowy world. Is it the end of her routine life? Yes! These are two mysterious men with secrets, and she is attracted to both. They have the bodies of athletes, the charm of gentlemen and the alluring ways of con artists. Are they also a pair of crooks smuggling priceless artifacts? Lucy refuses to believe it until Luke whisks her off on his mega yacht to Italy's romantic Amalfi Coast. Their purpose is to dig up Italian frescos. Instead she digs up his past. That past involves a Black Madonna worth millions of dollars on the black market. Art thieves and Interpol are racing to get their hands on it. Will Luke's name be cleared of the theft? Can Lucy love a man with a shady past, whose ex-wife just happens to be her boss? Or is it the bodyguard she loves? Sometimes the heart doesn't know what it wants. In the heat of the night and the cold of murder, Lucy must decide what she wants. FRESCO NIGHTS is a lively novel of international adventure and romantic suspense. It takes place in Positano, playground of the rich and famous, and is the first book in the Fresco Nights series.