"The first Marcelli sister finds romance."

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 that Zach has another reason for having her in his debt. He wants to break up the engagement of his 17- year-old son to Katie's 18-year-old sister.

Katie and her sisters are from a wine-making family that want to see all their daughters married. Zach is very cynical about marriage since his didn't last long, and he handles a lot of divorce cases.

This fun story involves Katie's large, noisy, loving family. Excitement fills every page with Zach wanting to protect his son from getting married too young and Katie having to plan Zach's huge party. I'm looking forward to the other sisters' stories.

Reviewed by Delia Larkins
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted August 19, 2003

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.