5 Hot Signor Larosa Stars!
(ARC provided by author)

When I’m traveling, I feel like the secret to my life, to myself, to really becoming, is one step ahead. It’s in the next destination, the next town I get lost in, the next stranger I talk to. It’s always next but never here.

Amber MacLean is a 24 yr. old American woman from San Jose, California. After backpacking and traveling around the world for the last six months, Amber is now out of money. She has landed in Southern Italy in the town of Positano on the Amalfi Coast, and can’t afford a plane ticket back home. Figuring there are worse places to be stuck, & not really wanting to go home & return to reality, Amber searches for a job in the hopes of extending her adventure a little while longer.

Amber answers a help wanted ad & gets a job working for a 29 yr. old gorgeous Italian man named Desiderio Larosa aka Derio. Derio recently became in charge of the family estate, & his twin siblings are now under his care. He hires Amber to teach the children proper English. She must re-locate to their home in Capri. Amber has a degree in English, but has never really been around kids much. Desperately in need of a job, Amber takes on the challenge & goes to work for Signor Larosa.

Amber quickly learns that the sexy mysterious older brother that looks like a model has issues. He’s moody & reclusive. He’s an ex-motorcycle racer who comes from a very wealthy family. After a tragedy he’s become very closed off & private. He is a brooding, damaged man who seems to have shut down. He keeps to himself & wants to be left alone. Amber tries to walk on eggshells around him & stay out of his way, but she can’t help the way just the sight of him makes her body respond. She’s flustered & hasn’t been around a man this beautiful in a while.

Amber begins spending time with Derio & the children & starts to see a different side of Derio. He has a playful side that isn’t so serious or guarded. As they grow closer things heat up & turn intimate between them. Amber slowly falls for the hot, passionate Derio, & OMG is this book delicious!!!

-This man, oh how I fucking want this man.

-I’ve never been looked at this way before- stripped bare by a carnal gaze- and it would be a shame to let it go to waste.

-“Mia leonessa. Te voglio, voglio te far I’amore, voglio tua dolce bocca. Baciami.” He kisses me hard, hurriedly. I have no idea what he just said but I’m agreeing to all of it and melting in his hands.

-“I will go slow with you,” he says. “If you want to go fast, I will go fast. I’m very good at taking directions from pretty girls.”

Eventually Amber’s job extends to not only teaching English, but full-time nanny. As Amber and Derio fall in love, Derio isn’t as broken anymore. Being with Amber he slowly is getting his joy back. She makes him feel happy & alive again. They face their fears together & are just what the other was looking for & needing in their life. They have some problems to work through as Ambers time in Italy is coming to an end. We get some angst as they try to define what they have together & deal with real life. Their connection is so strong, but they realize that relationships aren’t always easy & take sacrifice & hard work.

I absolutely loved this book!!! I liked it was a more emotional read too. The author takes you on the beautiful journey through Southern Italy, & makes you feel like your really there experiencing it all. Then she throws in a dreamy delicious Italian hottie that will make you swoon. I couldn’t put this book down & still have Derio & Italy on my mind! 😀

-“I need you. Then, have me.”

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Reviewed by Mel