<p><b>Rome, 1636. History calls her a Muse. Temptress. Fallen woman. This is </b><i><b>her </b></i><b>story.</b><br><br>In the scorched city of Rome, the cobbled streets hum with gossip and sin. Costanza Piccolomini is a respectable young wife - until she meets Gianlorenzo Bernini, the famed sculptor and star of Roman society, whose jet-black gaze matches his dark temper. From the second they set eyes upon each other, a fatal attraction is born.<br><br>Their secret love burns with a passion that consumes them. But with every stolen kiss and illicit tryst, Costanza''s reputation is at stake. Meanwhile, Bernini has a dangerous desire: he wants to make Costanza immortal. He vows to possess her not just in body and soul, but also in marble.<br><br>When Bernini unveils his sculpture of Costanza, she is exposed as his lover, marking the undoing of their affair - and the beginning of a scandal which will rock Roman society. For Bernini would rather destroy Costanza than let her go.<br><br>Bet