Book 7

Stick Shift

by Mary Leo

Published 25 December 2003

Girl, get it in gear!

Lucy Mastronardo is heading in the right direction–good job, good apartment, good fiancé–until a detour to Naples throws her off the map! Sure, she's just days away from tying the knot, but her next big promotion hits a roadblock and Lucy can't steer away from the last-minute business trip. With reassurances to everyone, including her vanilla-pudding-cup fiancé, she vows to return before she has to say, "I do."

Lucy's certain she'll have everything sorted out in no time. But then her drop-dead due dates are laid to waste by the wacky staff and the tempting restaurant owner next door. The one who makes her think there's more to life than deadlines and rules.

Will Lucy continue her drive in automatic–or will she take control and learn to downshift…?


Book 18

For Better or Cursed

by Mary Leo

Published 25 May 2004

When all else fails...marry him!

That's what it's going to take to finally bust the bad luck surrounding Cate Falco's love life. Jilted at the altar ten years ago, her fiances ever since have been saying, "I'd rather not," before they, uh, could accidentally expire. It seems the curse is always out to get them. Now Rudy Bellafini, the original jilter, is back in town, and it's Cate's turn to right this wrong, but does she have the cannolis to do it?

Maybe.

But Cate's large Italian family decides to get involved, and with that family, it means danger is on the way. Then Cate begins to wonder...is getting Rudy to the altar and then jilting him the way to even up the score? Perhaps the best revenge might come with a real wedding....


Book 36

A Pinch of Cool

by Mary Leo

Published 8 March 2005

A pinch of cool.
A dash of sass.
A cup of lust.
Mix, stir and repeat.

When trend-spotter and supreme-style-guru Mya Strano is called in to rescue her mother's cooking show from ratings oblivion, what she has in mind is a little seasoning to heighten the taste. That's the plan. Until she discovers that it's her childhood nemesis, Eric Baldini, whom she's up against. He's got a few ideas of his own that sound like a recipe for disaster in her expert opinion. And the two of them in the same kitchen? Never!

Still, she's noticed that for someone who really works at being anti-hip, this guy has a way of making her divinely hot. Which makes him so cool that this fashionista is actually toying with the idea of trading in her designer gear for oven mitts and an apron.... Ouch!