It is a fairy tale, a fantasy in which adultery is not only accepted but condoned and encouraged by everyone involved (except, naturally, for the unfortunate wife and child). Love in Spanish is you.”I got to hand it to Mateo, when you have a successful hit line, milk it for all it's worth.

I was so enthralled by his hypnotic eyes, I could barely remember. Something that makes Vera feel alive for the first time. Yet, as the weeks go on, the two grow increasingly close and their relationship changes from purely platonic to something…more. While Vera is a pierced and tatted free spirit with a love for music and freedom, Mateo is a successful businessman from Madrid, all sharp suits and cocky Latino charm. Mateo Casalles is unlike anyone Vera has ever known, let alone anyone she’s usually attracted to.

But while Vera expected to get a tan, meet new people and stuff herself with wine and paella, she never expected to fall in love. Instead of spending her summer interning for her astronomy major, she would fly to Spain where she’d spend a few weeks teaching conversational English to businessmen and women, all while enjoying free room and board at an isolated resort.

To a restless dreamer like Vera Miles, it sounded like the experience of a lifetime. Because when they say you can’t choose who you fall in love with, boy ain’t that the f*#king truth. I’m single and can’t commit to anyone or anything. He’s married and has a five-year old daughter.

Love, in English by Karina Halle