Ice to Meet You: a Slow Burn, Opposites Attract, Workplace, Reverse Age Gap Romance. Kisses Book

Esmé Laurent is about to trade control for chaos—and maybe love.Esmé thrives on order. Her Paris art gallery is her world—carefully curated, immaculately run, and entirely hers. But her structured life takes a sharp turn when Matteo Romano arrives. Her new assistant is everything she isn’t—playful, spontaneous, a little younger, and brimming with Italian charm. Mentoring Matteo for six months is the price of securing a game-changing investment in her gallery. She expects a challenge. What she doesn’t expect is Matteo himself—a golden-retriever sweetheart who upends her perfectly organised life and makes her wonder if a little chaos might be exactly what she needs.From snowy escapes in the Italian Alps to art-filled days in Paris, their unlikely partnership sparks more than just professional growth. Matteo is learning the ropes, but Esmé? She’s discovering a whole new side of herself—one willing to risk her heart for an adventure she never saw coming.With her reputation on the line, will she fight to keep her world intact, or will Matteo unravel her in the most irresistible way?Book Two in the French Kisses trilogy, Ice to Meet You is a fun, flirty, and heartwarming opposites-attract romance filled with passion, charm, and a nice touch of spice.