First published 2025
Maya Killgore knows she should stop thinking about Conor Harkness. He's fifteen years older, a successful biotech executive while she struggles through grad school, and worst of all, he's her brother's best friend who barely acknowledged her existence. Conor keeps telling her their power dynamic makes any relationship impossible. He wants her out of his life entirely. Then Maya's brother announces his wedding in Taormina, Sicily. Maya finds herself trapped with Conor in a romantic villa for over a week. Between exploring ancient ruins and wandering through natural caves along the Ionian coast, Maya begins to suspect Conor is hiding something important from her. As the destination wedding spirals into chaos around them, Maya decides she wants a summer romance. Even a problematic one.
Genres: romance, contemporary-romance, new-adult, new-adult-romance
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity
Setting: Taormina, Sicily, Ionian Coast
Period: Summer
402 pages · Paperback · Little, Brown Book Group