Today’s book was written by Robin Kaye and was her first book of the Ronaldi family. I’ve read this series completely out of order, but I don’t feel like I’ve missed anything by doing so.
Ah! This book was so good I couldn’t put it down. Thank god I had a full Saturday to do nothing but read, read, read! I think the jacket description of this book doesn’t really do it justice. When I read the synopsis of the book, I thought this book, and the others in the series, were basically the same book, but with different characters. While that might be sort of true, once I read the book I didn’t feel that way at all. Kaye has this great way of creating characters that are so multidimentional that you really get caught up in their stories quickly.
In this story we meet Rosalie Ronaldi, the eldest sister of the Ronaldi clan. She’s a feisty businesswoman who doesn’t have time, or the inclination, to ever get married. So she dates for convenience–the convenience of not having her parents try to fix her up with some schmo from the neighborhood. But her mother has a marriage stop watch, or something similar, because once she hits the two-year-mark, her mother starts going a little wedding-crazy. So it’s in that vein that she meets up with Nick Romeo. Nick is the male version of Rosalie, but he doesn’t really see that until he starts falling in love with her. Then of course the issue becomes who spills the beans first.
Of the stories I’ve read by Kaye, I think this one was my favorite. She’s witty, her characters have so many angles that they really come to life, but the plot I found to be refreshing. My husband cooks, so it’s nice to read about men doing well in the kitchen. I also think it’s reasonable to assume that if you care about someone, you’ll take care of them when they are sick, which was what happened in the book.
This story was light-hearted and fun. If you are looking for a romance novel, but you want to stay away from the damsel-in-distress, I-need-a-man-to-complete-me mentality, I’d suggest checking Kaye out. Like I mentioned earlier, her heroines are independent, smart and funny and would be just fine without the heros. As in real life, I think the best relationships are those that don’t require you to be with someone because without them you cannot function, but you want to be with them because they make your life better.
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