The Friends-to-Lovers Project

Name: The Friends-to-Lovers Project
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Paula Ottoni
ISBN: 9781488235245

Author: Paula Ottoni

Narrator: Carly Robins, Will Damron

Unabridged: 8 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harlequin Audio

Published: 07/01/2025

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

If any place can turn two best friends into lovers, it’s Venice.

Well, only if you don’t have a dreamy tour guide like Lorenzo…

For LA chef Daisy Hogan, this trip to Venice is the start of her new life—inspiration for her California restaurant, saying yes to stability and basically fulfilling all her dad’s dreams. But then the trip goes sideways. And she’s left in the most romantic city in the world with her best friend, Jeremy. He’s stable, reliable. If she wants to salvage the future she planned, maybe she should fall for her friend?

So they agree to a friends-to-lovers project. What could go wrong?

Enter Lorenzo Fontana, hotel concierge by day, violinist in his dreams. He gave up music for a practical life in the city he loves, and to keep his job, he’s vowed to be Daisy and Jeremy’s personal guide to romance. Only he’s not supposed to be feeling this personal about their project…

With racing hearts and longing glances and gondola rides, Daisy begins questioning the project, her plans and even her future. Is it possible to live a life where the dreams she’s fulfilling are her own?

From showing up to glowing up, the characters in Afterglow Books are on the path to leading their best lives and finding sizzling romance along the way. Don’t miss any of these other fun titles…

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About Paula Ottoni

PaulaOttoni was born and raised in Brazil and moved to Denmark in 2016. Today she ismarried to a Dane and has two children. She completed a master’s in video gamedesign at the IT University of Copenhagen and works as a game writer andnarrative designer. She is learning to be a Viking, but winter swimming remainsa locked achievement.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kayla_Wilson on June 06, 2025

Thank you NetGalley and Afterglow Books for allowing me to review the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion. Daisy and her long time friend, Jeremy, find themselves both single while in Venice. Both dumped they could get together. Is Jeremy her forever? Hence the name. But then we meet Lorenzo, the......more

Goodreads review by jadynfrahm on June 25, 2025

Thank you NetGalley for this arc. This was a cute book. It was an easy quick read that had me giggling throughout the whole thing. Daisy and Lorenzo are so adorable and I loved the double perspective. I liked how Daisy never really lost sight of what she wanted to do, even if the plans changed. I al......more

Goodreads review by Jaylee on June 02, 2025

Daisy is fresh out of a relationship and given up on all “typical” timelines of marriage, kids, life goals after the break up. She’s traveling to Venice for restaurant inspiration and to restart the next chapter in her life. She was planning to travel with her best friend, Jeremy, and his girlfriend......more

Goodreads review by Tay_is_reading_again on July 04, 2025

When I first requested this book, I TOTALLY thought this would be a friends to lovers situation based on the title but I was super wrong! I just visited Venice again (for the 3rd time) about a month ago and I was eager to return to the setting in the form of this book! Daisy, our FMC, is visiting Ven......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on May 30, 2025

Finding love in Venice yes please!! I really enjoyed this dual POV contemporary romance that sees Daisy, an LA chef mourning the loss of her dead father and getting dumped at the same time as her best friend. The two entertain the idea that maybe they could love one another and their hotel barkeeper......more