An ocean and culture can't stop an American librarian and Italian professor from tangling wit and love in a web of deceit and danger.

Marlene Leonardi and Leo Leonardi must spend one month in the family villa in Montacatini, Italy before either one can earn the right to decide the villa's
future.  Marlene hears 'cha-ching' while her handsome cousin hears the voices of ancestors.  Whether they agree or not takes second place to whether they live or not!