Avery decides to surprise her attorney husband, Daniel Remington, with a visit to his law offices. When she opens his office door she is shocked to see him having wild, creative sex with his administrative assistant atop the Chippendale antique desk, something they never did together. Avery knows she can never forgive him. It is time to move on. She calls her best friend, Daisy, living in Rome. She pours out her heart to her BFF and asks her what she is supposed to do with the rest of her life? Daisy tells her to come to Rome and stay with her. A summer in Rome sounds perfect.

Marcello Bianchi is the most beautiful man in the world. Tall, slim, with cognac colored eyes that glimmered with mischief, eyelashes so long they looked like they were lined with coal, sinful looking lips, patrician nose, and just so wickedly sexy. Avery met Marcello and fell completely in love with him nine years ago. They became lovers and were inseperable. She never told him about Daniel, her boyfriend waiting for her at home in Boston. Avery always intended to meet up with Marcello again when her career was established but fate had other plans. Now fate is at play again, reintroducing Marcello into Avery's life as Daisy's co-worker.

United again, Marcello and Avery pick up where they left off nine years ago. An unforgettable adventure begins and their love becomes stronger. The first time she meets his parents and huge family in Pienza at the hundreds of years old Il Gioco del Cacio al Fuso, a carnival, was fun, the Bianchi family was sweet and fell in love with Avery. Their sex life is steamy and at times hilarious. A forever together ending is the icing on the cake.

ROMAN CRAZY is a book I could not put down and I finished it in one day. Be prepared to be transported to the delight that is Rome and fall in love with Marcello and Avery and this romantic story of their second chance. Alice Clayton and Nina Bocci tell a story that touched my heart while I laughed and cried and swooned at Marcello. Their descriptions of the Eternal City are vivid, whether you are climbing the Spanish Steps, shopping in the fabulous boutiques, or tossing coins in the many fountains, or wandering around the outdoor markets. Luscious are the visits to the many, many restaurants serving homemade pasta, thick, crusty Italian bread and the light Tiramisu for dessert that is famous in Italia.

ROMAN CRAZY by Alice Clayton and Nina Bocci is five stars and a lovely read. Brava!

Book Summary

A delicious, sexy, laugh-out-loud modern romance about a newly single woman and her journey to find love again, from New York Times bestselling author Alice Clayton and debut author Nina Bocci.

Avery Bardot steps off the plane in Rome, looking for a fresh start. She’s left behind a soon-to-be ex-husband in Boston and plans to spend the summer with her best friend Daisy, licking her wounds—and perhaps a gelato or two. But when her American-expat friend throws her a welcome party on her first night, Avery’s thrown for a loop when she sees a man she never thought she’d see again: Italian architect Marcello Bianchi.

Marcello was the man—the one who got away. And now her past is colliding with her present, a present where she should be mourning the loss of her marriage and—hey, that fettuccine is delicious! And so is Marcello…

Slipping easily into the good life of summertime in Rome, Avery spends her days exploring a city that makes art historians swoon, and her nights swooning over her unexpected what was old is new again romance. It’s heady, it’s fevered, it’s wanton, and it’s crazy. But could this really be her new life? Or is it just a temporary reprieve before returning to the land of twin-set cardigans and crustless sandwiches?

A celebration of great friendship, passionate romance, and wonderful food, Roman Crazy is a lighthearted story of second chances and living life to the fullest.