I only wanted to hide for a minute, honestly. So, I might have been a little economical with the truth when I explained the trouble I was in. Is it bad if we kiss? I cannot deal with a stowaway right now.
How can I get rid of her before she turns my life upside down? Or is that what I secretly want? There are just two problems. Not quite ready to ask her parents for help — at the ripe old age of twenty-seven — Jules decides to head as far away from Luca as she can to work on an olive farm until she has enough money to pay for her passport and a ticket back home.
As the community of farmers, neighbours and locals generously welcome her into their lives, Jules can feel her defences crumbling. Because Alex has sworn off love too, and his reasons run deep enough for him to keep his word just as Jules is starting to reconsider her resistance to romance.
But having promised to be civilised for the sake of their soon-to-be-blended family she is headed to Spain with a fixed smile and hoping for a very fixed drink! Well, knight in mountain rescue uniform anyway. But Yannick has his own secrets calling him from the mountains, and his own reasons to run away. Two best friends, a tipsy Oktoberfest dare and one kiss that could change everything. As she and Max and their friends from the international dorm tackle fairground stunts, physical challenges and bad karaoke, the one dare that changes everything is the simplest: kiss your teammate.
As the challenge progresses with thrill rides, pretzels, lots of lederhosen and a little public nudity, the dares are actually fun, when Fi completes them on her own terms. But the truth questions present the biggest danger to her future. What happens to her precious friendship — and her big promotion — when she admits to herself just how much Max means to her? Jenn has always prided herself on being a city girl — she insists on easy access to good coffee, great food from around the globe, not to mention an easy commute.
