Review: My review: My Mr. Manny
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 5, 2013
Mia Balducci grew up in Boston. When she turned sixteen she moved to Los Angeles to live with her dad. She misses her big Italian family and her friends from her hometown. She forces herself to change things like her voice so she'll fit into her new high school. She's always felt out of place that is until she gets to college and becomes best friends with her roommate Susan. While Mia still feels out of place, it's at a football game that she runs into Alex who was her friend growing up.Alex and Mia reconnect and start dating moving into a condo together as they grow closer. Much to their surprise Mia becomes pregnant and Alex quickly proposes to her a short time later. Lucia has become the light of Mia's life over the last five years. Gone is the supportive loving husband that she married. He's never home, he can't be bothered, and never sees his child. Mia understands that being CEO he's very busy but it's almost like Mia has been a single parent for their daughter's entire life taking her to school, feeding her, and helping with her homework.Finally one day Mia wakes up and decides that it's time for Alex to start spending time with them, but Alex can't seem to be bothered and even when Mia tries to rekindle some of their passion, Alex ignores her. Fed up with his treatment towards her and their daughter, Mia decides to go to his office to confront him only to discover a sobbing woman in his arms who he's been having an affair with. Mia isn't upset about the affair, she's upset because he's strung her along all this time without being honest or spending time with his kid.He's quick to move on with his life, giving up all parental rights to their child, leaving Mia without a husband and Lucia without a father. Mia begins to realize that as Lucia gets older, she's going to have a hard to managing everything that will be going on her life. Between school, ballet, and coming home every night to cook for her, Mia thinks she needs help. Her cousin Lori who is in town visiting knows exactly what Mia needs, a nanny. She has the perfect man for the job. Dominic is her husband's brother who just lost his job on Wall Street, his fiance left him since she was only after him for money, and he's looking to start over somewhere else and as a manny.Lori is quick to arrange an interview between Mia and Dominic and Dominic quickly moves in and takes over. Dominic is so much more than a manny to Mia and Lucia. He cooks, cleans, and takes care of them both, never taking time to himself. Mia thinks he's too good to be true and from the moment she first laid eyes on him, she's been in love with him. But Mia is afraid if she voices her attraction to him, he'll run away and leave them when they both desperately need him in their lives. Can Mia get over the hurt and betrayal caused by her ex and take a chance on a man who has quickly come to mean so much to her and Lucia?This story was such a refreshing change from some of the other books that I have read. It was sweet, heartfelt, and enjoyable. I loved the relationship between Dominic and Mia, there was not a whole lot of drama to their love story other than Alex, and I loved having an easy and light read to fill my day with. This is the second book by Jennifer I have read and I look forward to reading more of her work in the future, 5 stars!***Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review***