Once upon a time, a handsome and eligible Portuguese duke- Duke Francisco Duarte das Santas Aguas(aka Frank)-returned to his fairy-tale villa, the same magical villa where he found true love as a teenager. But when an unexpected reunion with his long-ago love Julia Cooper leads to a sizzling night with one simple kiss (aka an incredibly hot night), their slumbering chemistry is awake…and how!It's so tempting, that Julia and Frank make an rekindle their newly awakened desires thoroughly…and keep it temporary. Swimming, food, hot and delicious love-it's paradise. But it becomes increasingly clear that their desire won't go back to sleep easily. After all those lost years, can Frank and Julia still find their fairy-tale ending?
This would have been rated higher, but it took a left turn at the end. The heroine basically breaks up with hero, shows up at an event that the hero is going to be at thinking 'I'm going to show him what he's missing out on.' Huh? Wha? YOU broke up with him - not the other way around. Her reasons for breaking up with him annoyed me, too. That should have been left out, in my opinion, and I would have rated the book higher.
I just couldn't get into this book. I like it when the characters have a shared history, but I just didn't feel the connection or chemistry in this book. It was predictable and mildly entertaining, but I wouldn't recommend it to a friend.