Ex Marks the Spot - out now

Two rival historians reluctantly team up to decipher an ancient treasure hunt…

Librarian Evie has hit rock bottom: stuck on a never-ending mental-health break from her studies, she spends her days shelving books she’s desperate to return to and giving tours of the university where she no longer truly belongs.

As if things couldn’t get worse, she's been assigned to help Oxford's insufferable new honorary professor - infuriatingly charming and chaotic social-media historian, Nic Morelli, who happens to be Evie's oldest rival.

So when Evie finally stumbles across something extraordinary in the stacks - the ancient Book of Treasures, a map to uncovering a long-lost medieval artefact - Nic is the very last person Evie wants to tell. There are those who would kill to find the ancient treasure first, and it wouldn’t be the first time Nic has betrayed her.

But as a shadowy group of treasure hunters close in and the danger of working alone becomes clear, Evie is forced to admit that Nic could be the only person who can help decipher the book's clues.

As long as they can keep old feelings for each other safely buried . . .

“Packed full of hijinks, history and the kind of simmering tension that grabs your heart and refuses to let go, Ex Marks The Spot is a gorgeous and witty second-chance romance. I loved it!” - Catherine Walsh

“The romance reader in me swooned over the sizzling rivalry, while the nerd in me geeked out over the layered depiction of history and academia. Smart, sexy and propulsive, Ex Marks the Spot is a treasure of its own” - Hannah Brohm

“The hunt for medieval treasure through the spellbinding city of Oxford had me hooked from the first page, and Vendrell crafts their romance with wit, intelligence and empathy. Sizzling, warm-hearted and nuanced, it's the perfect romantic read” - Sophie Loxton