Erika Germoglio is a self-made woman who has it all—a fancy New York City job and the perfect fiancé. Out of no where, an Italian grandfather she has never met wills to her Casalvento, a house and a vineyard, and Livernano, a medieval village turned bed-and-breakfast, both in Tuscany. When Erika travels to Italy to settle her late grandfather’s affairs, she meets Paolo, Casalvento's handsome estate manager and wine maker. Erika learns that her inheritance comes with a catch—before she can keep or sell Casalvento and Livernano, she must live there and learn the business of the two estates for five months. Should she uproot her life and embrace all Italy has to offer? And if she chooses Italy, which man will be by her side?

Thank you to @netgalley for the ARC. I listened to this on audiobook and the narration was great. The story itself was…fine? The description of the book sounded interesting but in reality it played out as anticlimactic. The most exciting plot points happened within the first 50% of the book, and the remaining portion was basically everyday life on a vineyard and it got boring until the novel’s very end. There were a ton of detailed descriptions of recipes and wine making, which were interesting initially, but got tiring after the first fifty times. Overall the character development was lacking and the writing style and dialogue weren’t particularly engaging to me. Paulo’s character didn’t really have anything interesting to him. His job is just wine. The relationship between Erika and Paulo lacked any modicum of development or nuance; it was sort of just like oh he’s handsome and we’re in love without any sort of relationship building. It just sort of happens, which is basically how the whole book felt—everything just happened without much development, which made me not really care for anything that was going on.