The Bride's Awakening by Kate Hewitt (Goodreads Author) Vittorio is going to teach her to be a woman Vittorio Ralfino, Count of Cazlevara, has returned to Italy to look for a traditional woman. And Anamaria Viale, a girl from his town, loyal and discreet, is perfect for him. Anamaria is amazed when her teenage love proposes to her... to her, the ugly duckling. Tall, gangly, and rather clumsy, Anamaria had stoically resigned herself to remaining single. But Vittorio is persuasive...and very passionate. He proposes to her as if it were a business agreement, but soon Ana awakens a powerful and deep desire that only he can satisfy...