
But it turns out that getting to know Dutch-or Matt-in real life is a bit trickier. Ava might not know Dutch’s name, but she knows they’ll stay together even when they head back to London. One thing they definitely don’t do? Talk about their real names, jobs, or living situations. Ava falls for him almost instantly, and the two spend their days cliff-jumping, eating ice cream, and writing thinly veiled sex scenes to share with the class. Ava decides to go by Aria, and she quickly meets Dutch, who joins their group after his martial arts retreat is cancelled. At the retreat, real names and personal conversations aren’t allowed-instead, everyone wears linen kurta pajamas and goes by made-up names. So when she gets the chance to go to a writing retreat at a remote monastery in Italy, she jumps on it. An aspiring writer meets her dream man at a retreat in Italy…but when they’re back in London, real life gets in the way.Īva is a copywriter for a pharmaceutical company in London, but she dreams of writing a book.
