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"The first Marcelli sister finds romance."
Reviewed by Delia Larkins
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted August 19, 2003

Katie Marcelli's motto is that with the right staff she can organize the world. She has her own business, which organizes things from closets to parties to seminars. Zach Stryker, youngest partner in an LA law firm, needs help to plan a fund-raising party. What Katie doesn't realize is Read more...

"Enjoyable contemporary romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted August 25, 2003

In Los Angeles, Kate Marcelli knows that if Organization Central successfully pulls off the event for the client it will make her firm. Her company will handle a large law firm's annual fundraiser for local family charities. When Kate meets one of the partners, Zach Stryker her hormones Read more...

"Delightful Beginning to A Very Promising Trilogy"
Reviewed by Linda Hurst
Posted September 1, 2003

THE SPARKLING ONE opens with a delightful prologue featuring 3 giggling young Marcelli sisters daring each other to kiss a frog. Katie actually does and dreams that someday her prince will ride up on a white charger and they will live happily everafter. As the story opens many years later, Read more...

Summary

A party planner extraordiinaire, Katie Marcelli loves her big, boisterous family - even when their chronic matchmaking drives her crazy! In the Marcelli household, fine wine and good food are as celebrated as true love, so when her eighteen-year-old sister announces her engagement, Katie promises her the perfect wedding. there's only one hitch: the father of the groom, Zach Styker, who is adamantly opposed to his son marrying so young. Now, despite her instant attraction to the handsome, arrogant attorney, Katie must approach with caution: Zach, who hired Katie for a major fundraiser, holds the fate of her business in his hands - and how can she trust a man who is willing to break her sister's heart? It will take a passionate battle of wills to determine if wedding bells will ring for a Marcelli bride, and to unlock the deepest desires - for family, love, and home - inside a strong- willed man's heart.