Hate Me In Tuscany

Mia almost didn't go.

More than a decade after secondary school, a Facebook wedding invitation from a girl who once knew all her secrets shouldn't have meant anything. An old friend she could have ignored and maybe deleted her whole Facebook all together. But persistence and a little nostalgia finally convinced Mia to book a flight to Tuscany for a wedding.

Sun-soaked vineyards, sprawling villas, and a house full of people she hasn't seen in years...might not be so bad.

It's supposed to be a celebration. A reunion. Some kind of closure, maybe...

Until he showed up.

Aaron Devereux.

The boy she had the fattest crush on for most of her life. He was the bad boy next door who would somehow find a way to get on her nerves, but in a good way. They lost contact the moment he'd left town. Now, they're both in their late 20s. Older. Sharper. Supposedly over whatever was in the air between them.

Except the universe, or her old friend, has a good sense of humour because in a large villa full of bedrooms rooms, his happens to be directly across from hers.

Avoiding him is impossible. Ignoring him is harder. And pretending to not feel something? Completely out of the question.

He's different now. Or maybe he's exactly the same. She probably forgot.

And somewhere between an old heartbreak, forced proximity, and a past that refuses to stay buried, denial starts to look a lot like an unfinished love story.