Great addition to one of my favorite contemporary romance series!!
Of All Seasons
Of All Hearts
Adult, New Adult, Contemporary Romance, Travel Romance, Italian Romance
Independently Published
February 1, 2026
Kindle, Paperback
276
Can the wrong romantic getaway lead to the right person?
Christian Beckett had his life mapped out—steady career, beautiful girlfriend, and a plan to take the next step on a winter trip to Italy’s Amalfi Coast.
But from the moment they arrive, nothing goes right. Between mismatched expectations, loaded silences, and a widening gap he’s so far ignored, the romantic getaway falls apart—and so does everything he thought he wanted.
For Alessia Rossi, it’s just an off-season job. Another happy couple to tour guide. She never expected the handsome American to notice her or share her love for beauty in the ordinary. He reminds her how it feels to be truly seen and wanting something she can’t have.
Rainy walks, shared laughter, and a Vespa ride along the cliffs—what starts as a tour deepens. Every glance says more than words; every touch threatens the line they both know they shouldn’t cross.
Christian sees not just Italy differently, but himself. Now he must decide: follow the life he planned … or the love he never saw coming.
Because sometimes, the right person arrives at the wrong time—and changes everything.
“Ti ho voluto cosi, anche quando non era giusto volerlo,” she repeated. Then, she translated. “I wanted you like this, even when it wasn’t right to want it.”
Lily Baines whisks us away in Of All Seasons to the Amalfi Coast of Italy for another story in her heart-warming, contemporary romance series, Of All Hearts. This beautiful setting is the perfect backdrop for the unexpected discovery of love; not only for a person you never imagined but for a country and a culture. Told from the dual point of view of the two MCs, the reader gets a front row seat to the unfolding emotional experience and turmoil of finding someone and something that you come to realize is what you want but in a place you never expected. The big question becomes, is love truly able to overcome all the obstacles in its way, even if that is a literal ocean.
“Oh, Alessia. You think romance only lives in happy endings? No, raggazza. Romance is also the ache of yarning, longing, missing someone, burning long after.”
Christian Beckett thought he knew what he wanted, thought he knew what love was, so he planned this romantic getaway to one of his bucket list places, the Amalfi Coast. What he didn’t realize until he got to Italy was that the girl he brought was not the girl who fit those ideas. Alessia Rossi loved planning and leading tours around the beautiful Amalfi Coast she called home. Coordinating for an American couple on a romantic getaway was just another job until she realized that there was trouble in paradise. There was trouble for Christian when he quickly realized that his girlfriend’s priority was being an influencer, not him or their trip. There was trouble for Alessia when it became obvious that Christian was falling for her and for Italy. None of this was expected when this trip was booked!
Lily Baines never disappoints when it comes to writing a story that takes me away from the craziness of life and gives me an escape that truly makes me feel happy. Her first book in this Of All Hearts series was my first introduction to her and I have loved every one of these stories. It is just coincidence, but the timing of each has been perfect for where I was in my reading journey and Of All Seasons is no different. I needed a story that would lift my mood, make me smile, and remind me of the love and beauty that still exists in the world. This book, and series, took me to my happy reading place with its gorgeous local, great characters, and moving story. Having Alessia as a tour guide was the perfect way for the story to be not only about the romance but a travelog with its detailed descriptions of the sites of that region of Italy. Each of the books in the series is like that and honestly it has sparked an interest to travel there. I am confident each stand-alone romance will be that perfect escape you’ve been looking for, so if you haven’t started reading them already, get yours today!
Tanya’s love for books has been a lifelong passion that she likes sharing with others. Reading is also the thing that relaxes her after a day of juggling the many responsibilities that come with being being wife to an amazing man, mother to four great kids spread around the world, business manager, and farm hand on their place in southwest Missouri; home to Akaushi cattle and a menagerie of pygmy goats, horses, chickens, dogs and cats.
