Alex Faulkner was a complete stranger to Charlotte when he blackmailed her into marrying him, and whisked her off to live with him on a lonely Greek island. He made it quite clear that all he really wanted from her was a son, the sooner the better.
It was, Charlotte thought desperately, a Beauty and the Beast situation, for she was powerless to escape him. Yet in this story, Beauty has fallen in love with the Beast. But Alex has made it clear that he has only one use for her!