Cava with My Colleague: An Opposites Attract Romantic Comedy

Liz Alden

Aug 2026 · Aged Like Fine Wine Book 4 · Liz Alden

About this ebook

Carlos Olivas is grumpy, gorgeous, sixteen years older than me—and apparently my problem for the next two months.

When I moved to Madrid, I asked him out. He shot me down and then avoided me for months. It’s fine—we don’t work in the same department, and honestly, I don’t have time for men who can’t handle a woman who knows exactly who she is.

But when an opportunity arises to travel throughout Europe, meeting with patients and their families about a treatment deeply personal to me—hair loss prevention during chemotherapy—it comes with strings attached. Carlos is coming as my translator. And I have to give presentations.
I may be an extrovert, but I still have a complicated relationship with stages.

City by city, I start to see past the stiff exterior. The man has a grandbaby and an elderly dog who adores him. He speaks five languages and notices everything. And somewhere between the first disastrous presentation and the last city on the tour, the layers that make us so different on the outside start to feel very thin.

Carlos has kept everyone at arm’s length for years. I’ve spent twenty years building a life that doesn’t depend on anyone staying.

One of us is going to have to move first.



Ratings and reviews

Opposite. Very opposite. So opposite that neither of them thinks traveling together for weeks making presentations for their pharmaceutical company and meeting with patients and families is a good idea. But they didn’t get a vote. Jade and Carlos are like some mysterious scientific concoction or experiment that initially seems like oil and water but that then surprisingly turns into a magnetic attraction. Cava with My Colleague is warm, witty, romantic and a must read.

A slow burn.. Jade survived cancer and is an advocate for hair loss prevention. She’s in tour with her stuffy translator, Carlos. Carlos is a silver fox, over a decade older than Jade and he’s got walls a mile high. He’s complicated and private. Jade is living out loud and that includes a more public profile. It’s a slow burn, second chance (she asked him out and he shot her down). Recommend.

About the author

Liz Alden is a digital nomad. Most of the time she’s on her sailboat, but sometimes she’s in Texas. She knows exactly how big the world is—having sailed around it—and exactly how small it is, having bumped in to friends worldwide. She’s been a dishwasher, an engineer, a CEO, and occasionally gets paid to write or sail. Sign up for a free prequel, bonus epilogues, and behind-the-scenes articles at lizalden.com/matter/