The Ex-Perimento

A woman enlists the help of her favorite musician to win her ex-boyfriend back in this sparkling romantic comedy set in Venezuela by debut author Maria J. Morillo. Maria “Marianto” Camacho is a planner. At twenty-seven, she has her life perfectly mapped out. Her long-term boyfriend, Alejandro, is perfect on paper, and she´s expecting a proposal any day now. She has a stable job as a lifestyle columnist at Ellas, one of Latin America´s biggest digital magazines. Her future is set; she´s sure of it. Until everything falls apart overnight: Marianto loses her boyfriend and her job. But she´s determined to get them both back with an idea that is either delusional or ingenious—a juicy new article for Ellas that documents a series of romantic experiments to get her ex back. Thus begins The Ex-Perimento. With her bank account dwindling, however, Marianto lands a temporary gig on Venezuela´s hottest new singing competition show. Her job? Personal assistant to Simón Arreaza, the lead singer of her favorite indie band. It´s only her second day on the job when Simón discovers Marianto´s list of romantic experiments, striking her ideas and replacing them with his own better ones. Out of desperation, she offers a proposition: Help her win back Alejandro, and she´ll give Simón´s band a profile in the magazine once she returns to Ellas. But between the close quarters on set and the blurred lines of a budding friendship, Marianto and Simón find themselves irresistibly drawn to each other, caught in a whirlwind of unexpected romance.