Broads Abroad (Nina Bocci) Books in Order

Broads Abroad is Nina Bocci and Alice Clayton's travel-romance collaboration, and it begins with Roman Crazy. The book sends Avery Bardot to Rome after the collapse of her marriage, supposedly for a summer with her best friend, Daisy. Avery needs distance, sleep, and a plan. What she gets is a city full of reminders that life can still surprise her.

The biggest surprise is Marcello Bianchi, a Roman architect Avery knew years earlier. Their reunion gives the story its second-chance setup, but it is not only about whether old attraction is still there. Avery has to reckon with the choices that brought her to Rome and with the person she became while trying to hold together a life that was not making her happy.

Rome is part of the emotional plot.

The book makes room for long meals, old buildings, busy streets, warm weather, and the small disorientation of being far from home. Those details are not just vacation decoration. They give Avery a chance to look at her old routines from a different angle. Daisy's friendship matters here too, offering humor, honesty, and a reminder that a romantic reset does not have to happen in isolation.

The tension stays rooted in adult problems. Avery cannot erase her marriage simply by getting on a plane, and Marcello is not a magical answer to every question she has. Their connection brings up unfinished feelings, difficult memories, and the possibility that both people may have changed since they last knew one another. The story lets that uncertainty sit beside the pleasure of being in Rome.

Expect a contemporary romance with a generous dose of travel escape, food, friendship, and self-reinvention. It is lighter in mood than a high-drama relationship story, but it still cares about the practical and emotional work of starting over. The humor keeps things moving, while Avery's search for a more honest life gives the book its center.

At present, Roman Crazy is the key entry in this corner of Bocci's bibliography. It works well for readers who want a second-chance romance where the destination is as important as the couple, and where a summer away becomes the first step toward a different future.