A modern tale of Alice and Uncas - he is an architect and she, a book editor. Nine years earlier, they fell madly in love. But Alice abruptly disappears from Uncas' life, right after he finds out she is engaged to be married to another man. Nine years later, they meet again and Uncas discovers that Alice has no recollection of their past, and him...

She belonged to him, she was his possession, his wife, but how could she feel drawn to the man she should hate? He knows that if he lets her in she would become his greatest weakness but she has awakened his heart. An arranged marriage between two rival mafia families is just the beginning. AU/AH