A Hint of Nutmeg - Book one in a three-book series. 

- Contemporary Friends to Lovers

Passion: To be a successful author and to get the voices out of my head.

Theme: Love comes when you least expect it! Harper became a widow five years ago and her children have been her complete focus since that day. Now everyone is determined to make her move on with her life. Will the new handsome Italian dad at school help her move on? When their children become best friends Harper and Lucca have no choice but to be friends as well but will it develop into something more? 

Love Interests: Harper: a wealthy single mum starting a new job and Lucca: a wealthy Italian diplomat from a well-known family.

Flaws: Harper is stubborn and has trouble moving on from her past, whereas Lucca can also be stubborn and has trouble trusting people.  

Story Premise: Harper has to overcome her past to move on with her future. To learn to let people into her very small circle of trust. When she meets Lucca, the father of her daughter's new friend, her circle expands and Lucca becomes her best friend. Lucca is also getting over the loss of his wife and has to learn to trust people, assuming that everyone wants to know him for his family's money until he meets Harper and she has no idea of the family he comes from.