Strangers to lovers. Grumpy sunshine. A clean slow burn romance set in Italy, where love blooms slow, but hits hard.

I came to Tuscany to close a deal—not fall in love with the one man who refuses to let me.

This estate was meant to be business. A quick inspection. A step toward the life of stability and success I have worked so hard to build.

But then I met Vico Olivetta.

He's stubborn, sun-kissed, and maddeningly free. From the moment we meet, we clash—me with my spreadsheets and suits, him with his calloused hands and haunted eyes. And yet . . . there's something in him I can't ignore. Something that stirs the part of me I thought I'd buried with Hanna Daydreamer.

I'm not supposed to care. I'm not supposed to stay. But when everything I thought I wanted is set against the chance to finally be seen, I have to ask myself: What if the life I built isn't the one I need?

The Colors We Desire is an opposites attract romance about chasing freedom, finding family, and daring to dream again.