Karina Halle

After the death of her best friend and writing partner, Grace Harper is struggling both with grief, and with her next novel, the first one she'll have to write alone.Fortunately, her new powerhouse agent, the formidable Jana Lee, has a solution for her. She can stay at her villa in Tuscany for a month, soak in the sunshine, relax, and find her confidence again. After all, Jana has a lot riding on Grace's next book, and the last thing she wants is for her reputation as a "super-agent" to be tarnished.At first the villa is a dream come true for Grace - that is until Claudio Romano shows up one day with his ten-year old son, Vanni, in tow. Turns out, this is Claudio's house, and Claudio happens to be her agent's ex-husband from long ago. Thanks to their annual father and son bonding trip being cancelled, Claudio and Vanni are here to stay.So is Grace.With the three of them sharing the same house, Grace's writing plans are thrown out the window. But even if she's not pounding the keyboard, she's still finding beauty and inspiration... in none other than Claudio. He's unlike any man Grace has met before. He's smart, charming, and wickedly sexy, plus a great father to Vanni. He'd be the perfect summer fling - if only he wasn't completely off-limits.But as the hot Italian summer wears on, Grace and Claudio are destined to succumb to the heat, no matter how hard they try to resist each other. One steamy encounter with Claudio could affect Grace's chances of starting her career over.Or he could be exactly what she needs.

One Hot Italian Summer

Lover of Romance 

“You ruin nothing. Don’t you see, Grace? You are everything to me. And I have a possessive heart. It wants only you.”

“Please. If you find yourself falling in love with me, don’t stop it. Don’t hold back. Don’t deny yourself that. Let yourself love me.”

turning them over and placing my lips on her palm. “You’re mine, Grace. More than my muse, more than a lover. I’ve never felt this way before about anything or anyone, and I … I know that if you just trust me, if you give me your heart, I will carry it with me. I will be kind and gentle with it. I will always keep it tucked next to mine. So that whatever happens in the future, it doesn’t matter. I’ll have your heart and you’ll have mine.”

We fit. We fit in such a way that it seems terribly cruel that we haven’t found each other until now. We missed out on so much by not being together that we’ve spent our life wandering around, wondering if it was ever possible to feel this way. Then again, if I had known her when I was younger, maybe we wouldn’t fit like we do now. Maybe we’re born whole and polished and unscathed, and then life slowly chips away at us. Some of those chips are deep, some are just surface scratches, but we carry them with us as we walk through life, becoming more and more worn. Yet the flaws make us who we are. What we’ve been through make us who we are. This life, it’s trial by fire. If we didn’t go through it, we wouldn’t be the people we are today, and we wouldn’t fit like we do right now.

I am his, and he is mine. Inspired, desired, and completely in love.

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