When in Rome, Find Love is a warm, witty, and unforgettable romantic comedy about finding love where you least expect it-and discovering who you truly are when the script of your life is suddenly rewritten.
Ethan Romano has it all-at least on paper. A successful architect in New York City, his days are filled with glass towers, tight deadlines, and Tuesday wine nights with clients who never stop networking. But beneath the polished exterior lies a creeping sense of disconnection. Something is missing. He just can't name it.
Then comes the letter. From his mother. Handwritten, scented with lavender, and complete with a non-refundable plane ticket to Rome.
Her mission? Get Ethan out of the city, into his grandparents' sun-drenched villa, and perhaps-just perhaps-into the orbit of a "nice Italian girl" named Giulia who works in a bookstore and "knows how to make pasta from scratch."
Ethan resists. Then he boards the plane.
What follows is a cinematic journey through cobbled piazzas, rooftop dinners, espresso-fueled arguments, and starlit conversations that unfold under the watchful gaze of ivy-covered balconies and church bells that always seem to know when to ring.
Giulia is everything Ethan's mother promised-graceful, intelligent, and perfect on paper. But Rome doesn't deal in paper-perfect people. It deals in messy, real, unpredictable moments. And soon, Ethan finds himself pulled into the chaotic beauty of a city that refuses to be rushed-and toward a woman who challenges him in ways he never saw coming.
Filled with sharp dialogue, soulful observations, and unforgettable characters (including a Nonna who bakes emotional wisdom into every loaf of focaccia), When in Rome, Find Love is about more than romance. It's about homecoming, second chances, and the kind of love that blooms when you finally stop trying to control the story-and let the city write it for you.
Whether you've walked the streets of Trastevere or only dreamed of it, this novel will transport you to the heart of Rome with every page.
Perfect for fans of The Rosie Project, One Day in December, and Love & Gelato.