What She Wants Is Not on the Menu… Sabina’s life is a study in control—wealth, status, a marriage that looks perfect from the outside. But beneath the silk and smiles, something wilder stirs. A remembering. Then, Italy. And him. Gianmarco isn’t just a younger man or a sommelier with hands that know how to hold a wineglass—he knows how to hold a woman’s gaze. He’s a living provocation: against her duty, her age, the life she thought she’d chosen. This is not a billionaire fantasy. There are no princes. No rescues. Just one summer. One impossible connection. And a love that asks her to risk everything… for one true moment of being seen. But this is more than a love story. It’s an awakening. A slow unraveling of the sensuous woman she was never allowed to be. For readers who loved: The emotional depth of Bridges of Madison County (but this time, she chooses herself) The sensual escapism of Under the Tuscan Sun (but with forbidden heat) The Italian Affair is for rebels who know: Desire doesn’t expire at forty. It deepens. Like you. WARNING: This novel contains explicit scenes, mature themes, and emotional complexity. Intended for readers 18+ who crave slow-burning sensuality, delicious detail, and the kind of romance you get lost in—page after indulgent page (452 of them, to be exact.)