Read An Excerpt From ‘My Roman Summer’ by Bruna De Luca

For fans of Love and Gelato and Anna and the French Kiss, My Roman Summer is the next summer, sun-drenched romance set in the city of love.

Intrigued? Read on to discover the synopsis and an excerpt from My Roman Summer by Bruna De Luca, which releases on June 2nd 2026.

Sixteen-year-old Scottish-Italian Livia feels like an outsider, working in her ailing grandmother’s bar in Rome. Smug local boy, Guilio, works there too, and quickly becomes Livia’s nemesis. She is not going to be the cliché foreign girl who has a summer romance. But as Livia navigates family drama, newfound friendships and… Giulio, she starts to see the city (and herself) in a new light.