Unexpected Passion: Book 2 (Unexpected Love)

What happens when the price to pay for love is letting go of dreams, or worse - letting go of the safe bubble you have built around yourself? Ricardo wants an uncomplicated life. He loves his work as half-owner of Paradiso Tours, has a bevy of female friends in towns the tours visits, and enjoys the diversity of people he meets. Though a romantic at heart, the past has hold and he has trust issues. Lexi has anxiety issues but with very good reasons. It doesn't stop family and friends from interfering. In fact, they are hell bent on destroying her protective shell with hammers. In self-defence and to shut them up, she agrees to a trip to Italy to join a tour Ricardo thinks Alessandra, aka Lexi (what kind of a name is that in his opinion) is a pain in the behind with her mood swings, annoying personality, and her fetish for track suits. However, she knows Nico and Nico owns a small percentage of Paradiso Tours. Worse, his wife Lia is Alessandra's goddaughter and a friend of his business partner, Annalisa. This complicates things and demands Ricardo act nicely - the woman makes it impossible even if she has strangely fascinating eyes. Surfer Boy, Lexi's appellation for Ricardo, is according to her, a womaniser who needs a haircut, needs to stop dressing like a hippie reject from the seventies, is vain and just plain mean where she is concerned. Her brain is ready to explode though she does concede the man knows his stuff, has good legs and is great with people. Ha! Somewhere between Italy and Greece, arguments will fade, and an unexpected passion will take its place. Who said love belonged to the young?

• | Author: Barbara Strickland
• | Publisher: Thorpe-Bowker
• | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 386 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0648071510
• | ISBN-13: 9780648071518