Seraphina Moretti knows that somewhere in her future, there's a husband waiting for her that she has no input in picking out. It's just how things are done in her family, and she's going to go along, but for now, she is just having fun. She'd love to be having fun with her best friend's brother, Daniel. But she fears that he still sees her as a little sister more than a potential lover. She needs a way to get him to see her as an adult and when Matteo DeLucci suggests that they "fake date" to make Daniel jealous, she's unsure, but it makes sense. Matteo says dating will get Daniel to notice and keep him distracted so that he'll stay out of a business deal that he's working on.

There are lots of problems with this whole scenario but one big one - apparently there's a DeLucci curse, which Matteo should have been aware of and heeded. The men in his family fall fast and hard for their women and there is NOTHING that will stop that or change it. It happens to Matteo too, and soon his feelings aren't fake. He has to convince Sera that he's not faking and that maybe they should try a real relationship. His seduction of her though? EVERYTHING!!!! There's a little bit of a third act breakup, Sera is mad for a while, but Matteo wins her over. These characters were so fun and well developed. They could have been caricatures given the story and the tropes, but they weren't. They were hot blooded and fiery and living!