"Entertaining, fun and witty read as we return to Little Italy and Mama Sophia's restaurant."

Mia DeNero has never been able to decide what she wants to be when she grows up. After various jobs, she's opened a bodyguard business and now just needs a client.

Nick Caruso, FBI agent, poses as an author needing Mia's expertise to keep him safe from the Mob, which he's supposedly writing about. Falling in love with a client isn't in Mia's plans, but she just can't seem to help herself.

In MAD ABOUT MIA, Ms. Criswell takes us back to Little Italy and Mama Sophia's restaurant. This fourth story in the Little Italy series is fun, with great characters, both new and familiar. Sister to Angela (of THE TRIALS OF ANGELA), Mia has the same cross-dressing father and quirky neighbors. An entertaining, fun and witty read.

Reviewed by Lory Martin
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted December 26, 2003

Award-winning author Millie Criswell has won a loyal following with her gift for creating unforgettable characters with lots of humor and heart. Now comes her newest confection of a novel—a story filled with delicious passion and a delirious sense of fun!

Summary

It might be hard to picture impish Mia DeNero as a bodyguard, but what she lacks in size she makes up for in determination. So when straight-laced Nick Caruso walks into her office and says he needs protection from the mob because of a book he's writing, she doesn't hesitate to take the job. Moving the studious author into her apartment seems like the best way to protect him from shady characters. But soon after he's settled in, the thick, nerdy glasses come off and Mia starts wondering who's going to protect her from this irresistible new client.

Posing as a geeky author on the run from the mob is making FBI agent Nick Caruso crazy. But if it will help him shut down a money laundering operation out of Little Italy, he can ignore the wimp jokes for a little while longer. It's harder to ignore the sassy woman he hired to be his "bodyguard." There are a number of things he'd like Mia to do to his body, and guarding it isn't on the list. As things heat up—on the job and in the apartment—Nick begins to see he's in danger of losing his heart to the woman he's deceived, and who is determined to save his life...