"n extra fine contemporary romance"

In the Chicago area, public relations expert Olivia Kearns feels the world is changing so fast that she somehow has been left behind. She has noticed that her company seems more with it, but alas she is not, feeling like the poster girl for nerdette. Now she wants to cry because her parents are calling it quits.

Liv is stuck making the apology calls after the cancellation of her parents' thirtieth anniversary due to their splitting. Amongst her calls, Liv speaks to her former boyfriend Nick Matheson. She realizes that he as a sports writer understands hip. So she turns to her Nick to teach her how to become outgoing and natural though not totally impulsive. Nick agrees to train Liv on how to live for the moment, but wants a favor back. He wants to interview a client of hers, who's such a hermit that he can't get to her without Liv. As he mentors her, they fall in love, but neither anticipated anything deep between the nerd in training and her teacher.

ALL WRAPPED UP is a fine contemporary romance starring two delightful protagonists and a horde of offbeat secondary characters. The charmingly flustered Liv is the center of the tale as her parents, her sister, her business cronies including clients, and her beloved pull her in varying degrees in opposite directions. Fans will appreciate this superior story that follows the antics of a nerd trying to remain cool and hip in a world that refuses to treat her as anything by miss dependable dweeb.

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 20, 2003

Summary

PR professional Olivia Kearns needs a change. Her company's become hipper and more with-it, and Liv simply...isn't. When she finds out her college ex, Nick Matheson, is back in town, she decides he'd be her best instructor in creating the new spontaneous her. She hasn't seen him in years and there's no spark anymore, so she's not risking anything. At least, that's what she thinks....

Nick thinks it's fate when Liv asks for his help. He needs an interview with one of her clients, who's such a hermit that he can't get to her without Liv. So if she's willing to scratch his back... But once the lessons begin, Nick can't believe how impulsive his sexy ex becomes! He didn't want more than a fling five years ago, but now he's just about ready for anything!