The Italian Job - Kathryn Freeman

Dream job. Dream house. Fake fiancé. A year in a gorgeous Italian castle…When Anna Roberts’ life implodes, an online search leads her to an ad for the ultimate dream job – management of a gorgeous castle on the shores of Lake Como, accommodation included. The only catch? Anna can’t do it alone……With the last man on earth she’d choose!The castle owners will only accept a couple as caretakers, which means Anna needs a man on her arm at the interview. Enter her neighbour, Jake Tucker. Though Anna and Jake have never seen eye-to-eye, Jake’s had a rough few years and an escape to Italy sounds ideal. Yet, when they get the job and jet off, Anna and Jake face an unexpected challenge. Pretending to be a couple is difficult … but pretending the tension simmering between them doesn’t exist is quickly proving impossible!Readers are loving Anna and Jake’s romance:‘I see fake dating, I see Italy, I read…It felt like the author had gone into my brain and pretty much wrote the romantic comedy of my dreams’ Catarina‘Everything I typically love in a romance book…full of sexual tension, snarky (but very witty) comments’ Porshe‘Read this in one sitting…who wouldn’t want to fall in love with the bad boy neighbour, a beautiful castle and an Italian coast?’ Bee‘A slow burn enemies to friends to lovers…it has all the best romance tropes’ Ruby‘Reading this book felt like inhaling a breath of fresh air…It was so good, I really loved it’ Meghan‘To start off, ugh, I adore this cover!! My favorite types of novels are the ones that feel unique and fresh…this one was especially that’ Oniya‘A fun fake relationship book with just a touch of enemies to lovers…plenty of spicy tension and good banter’ Meg