At last!
Rome When It Rains is out.
After two years of writing, editing, and substacking, here it is:
Monica has a theory about love: it starts electric and ends in watching Netflix in matching pyjamas. She’s seen the evidence. She’s lived it.
So when she moves to Rome, the last thing she’s looking for is a relationship. What she gets instead is Alexi: calm, confident, with an unparalleled lust for life. Their arrangement is simple — the summer, nothing more. No future. No expectations. No slow decay into domesticity.
It works. Then it starts to work too well.
What early readers said:
“It’s light-hearted yet deep, escapist yet relatable — and the sex scenes are never gratuitous, always perfectly woven into the story.”
“The characters are well developed, they feel real. Witty, funny, and fast-paced.”
“A hundred times better than the few other books I read in the genre.”
One more thing: if you buy before July 10, you also get a Movie Guide to Rome — written by yours truly. A way to experience central Rome at your own pace, through the lens of the films shot there: from Angels and Demons to Eat Pray Love, from Roman Holiday to Mission: Impossible. Instead of architectural details you’ll forget by the next day, I tell you about executions and papal raves, among other things. If you’re coming to Rome at any point soon, you’re in for a treat.
Buy the book, then visit averydwest.com to claim it.
Ci vediamo a Roma.