Problematic Summer Romance

Where wrong meets right in this Italian-set romance from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Deep End.

Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still trying to find her way in life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya can’t stop thinking about him. It’s so cliché it’s almost giving her a cardiac arrest: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; her brother’s best friend and the girl he didn’t even know existed.

As Conor likes to remind her, the power dynamic is far too unbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he’s made it clear he wants her out of his life. But not everything is as it seems—and clichés sometimes make for plot twists.

When Maya’s brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, amidst ancient ruins, delicious food, and natural caves, Maya realizes Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to spiral out of control, she decides a summer adventure might be just what she needs—even if it’s a problematic one.