A little yellowing of the pages. Otherwise, fine. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Dino was a handsome Italian noble and Kate was a lovely young English girl. They met in a marketplace and fell instantly in love. And they should have lived happily ever after in a castle built for two, but that only happens in fairy tales. What Kate received when Dino spirited her away to his fancy villa was not a warm welcome, but a declaration of war from the two dowager queens - Dino's mother and grandmother - who were fiercely intent on saving him from an "unsuitable" marriage. For in Italy, the grand families married by arrangement and not for love. So Kate watched her dream world crumbling, undermined by a family that would not accept her as their own. But she knew that in time she and Dino must surely win for, after all, they had pledged their hearts to one another, and love conquers all --- doesn't it?