"Deliciously fun!"

Ellie Peters is not having a good day....actually not a good year! She decided that she simply couldn't tolerate her live in boyfriend another minute especially since he told her he hates her dog Barnaby, a bulldog with a face only a mother could live. All Barn did was pee in Brian's Bruno Magli loafers. It was an accident, for heavens sakes. Now Ellie has to find a place to live in downtown Manhattan ASAP before Brian gets back from L. A.

Finally having solved the problem of where to live, Ellie has another crisis. Her mother finds out that her father is having an online affair with some bimbo and decides to come for an extended visit to decide what she wants to do. Then Ellie's co-worker and friend doesn't want to move to the suburbs in an house next to her mother-in- law and asks Ellie for advice. To top it all off, Ellie's ex-fiancé is now her boss. What else could go wrong?

Michael Deavers, Ellie's boss and ex-fiancé realizes that he's never gotten over Ellie but he still isn't sure about commitment. Still, he wonders if he can rekindle their romance. Ellie isn't having any part of it but why does Michael still have the ability to make her knees weaken and her libido go wild? She hates him, doesn't she?

This book was simply a joy to read. I laughed and I cried and then laughed some more. The characters ranging from gay Will, Ellie's personal trainer to Will's eccentric grandmother to Ellie's mother to Ellie and Michael were an eclectic cast who worked very well together. Of course one of my favorite characters was Barnaby, the bulldog. Millie Criswell can count me in as a die-hard fan!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted October 25, 2004

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Summary

Ellie Peters has a great apartment, a cool job as a UN interpreter, and a terrific dog. Now all she needs is the right guy to share it with and life will be perfect. But everything she's worked for is threatened the day her obsessive-compulsive, disinfectant-loving mother announces she's divorcing Ellie's father and moving in with her! And to add insult to injury, Ellie's just learned that her ex- fiance, Michael, has become her new boss!

Michael Deavers remembers all too well the sparks that flew between him and Ellie. He'd love to rekindle what they once had, but he learned from their brief engagement that he's just not a commitment kind of guy. Though with Ellie once again under his nose, it's hard to remember why he ever had cold feet. Now Ellie is desperate to get Michael out of her head, her mother out of her hair and her life out of the gutter...but old flames die hard, and this interpreter hasn't counted on the language of love.