Summary:
This ultimate HEA is the perfect cure for a book hangover! So, if you’re a bit emotionally exhausted, but still need something to read, this is the book for you.
Mia Balducci misses her childhood days and yearns for the big, Italian family that she left behind in small town Massachusetts. At the tender age of sixteen, Mia moves with her bachelor father to Los Angeles, but no matter how many years pass, it never becomes home to her. The years spent living with her father aren’t easy, especially since she can’t stop thinking about what she once had. Her enrollment in the University of Southern California promises to bring exciting changes to her life, but Mia winds up with big problems instead. When she runs into an old friend from her old hometown of Winthrop, she gets swept up in nostalgia, and she soon loses herself in a quickly-progressing romance. When the fantasy falls apart, she is left to raise her precious little girl, Lucia, on her own. The demands of Mia’s work schedule and Lucia’s needs increase, and their lives become increasingly hectic. It is soon clear to Mia that she needs help. Luckily, her life-saving cousin saves the day and brings the mother and daughter a male nanny – their new “manny.”
After losing his high-pressure job on Wall Street, Dominic Roberts wants to follow his dreams to have a family. He’s already one fiancée down, and there are no likely prospects for another. In order to find the family he so desperately wants, he finds himself getting into the manny business. Since he is fully qualified to provide child care and is eager to leave New York City behind, his sister-in-law is able to land him a job in California working for his first client – the beautiful and intriguing Mia Balducci.
Will Lucia like the new man in her mother’s life? Will Mia? And will this new trio discover the happily ever after they all so desperately seek?
Author Bio:
Jennifer Garcia’s lifelong love for reading and writing was put aside for many years while she made her way in the world and nurtured her young family. Originally from Boston, she currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons, and two dogs. Even though she is older, and life never seems to settle, she’s finding her way while attending college full-time in pursuit of a B.A. in English Literature. She also runs a business, and is still caring for her family. Believing she can do it all, with the help of her family, she worked on her first novel during the late hours of the night while balancing the rest of her life during the day. Her hard work paid off, as her first novel, My Mr. Manny, was released August 2013 and her first novella, In My Mother’s Footsteps, was released July 2013.
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ARC received for an honest review.
This was a nice, light, fluffy romance story. When I saw the opportunity to sign up for the blog tour and the chance to read and review this book, I jumped on it. I thought it would be something a little different from what has become my norm. The beginning did seem a little rushed. There was basically 10 years of back story in the first few chapters. I felt that I could have connected with the characters a little better. But the concept is a good one. It has a whole, “Who’s The Boss?” feel to it.
Mia had married her childhood friend from back home Boston right after college and they started their family right away. After Mia had Lucia, their daughter, all her time and energy went into taking care of her. Her husband was always working long hours and never home. He never really even got to know his daughter. Mia was so engrossed in her daughter she never really noticed or if she did, she didn’t care.
When she and her husband divorce, she’s faced with being a single mom and realizes she’s going to need someone there to take care of her daughter while she works. When her cousin suggests she hire a nanny and that she knows someone perfect for the position, she takes her up on it. Well, in Mia’s case, she hires a Manny. Dominic. Sparks fly and I’m sure you can see where this is going….
I’d recommend this to all romance lovers out there. It’s a nice quick read. 3.5 stars out of 5 for me.
Jennifer Garcia is running a Goodreads Book Giveaway from March 2nd to March 8th, 2014.
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My Mr. Manny
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