Julie Roseman and Romeo Cacciamani have prevailed against
their families in their quest to have a relationship. In
their first book, the two halted the years-old feud between
their families, who were rival florists. This next book
picks up three years later with the two still madly in
love -- but oh, so challenged by family. Julie's house is
packed full of relatives, Romeo is still catering to his
mother who hates Julie passionately, and it's all downhill
from there.
Romeo hurts his back at Julie's and ends up stuck in her
bedroom. The two lovers, who never get any time alone, are
a little happy with the idea but depressed that Romeo's
pain severely limits their activities. Julie enjoys
spoiling him until fate smacks her with a million
responsibilities at once. Her daughter, Nora, pregnant with
triplets, is forced into bedrest for almost the entire
pregnancy. Nora feels the need to spend that bedrest at her
mother's house, driving everyone crazy with her anal
ordering of the household. Nora's other daughter, Sandy,
already lives in the house with her husband, Little Tony,
and daughter, Sarah.
Oh yeah, we're talking total chaos. While the storyline
gets a little hectic, JULIE AND ROMEO GET LUCKY is not
about the plot. It's about people. Specifically those
family people who crowd most of our lives, drive us insane
and then look at us, askance, as if to say, "Why in the
world are you so upset?" You'll be thoroughly entertained
by Julie and Romeo and their menagerie of children,
grandchildren, in-laws and...well, anyone who might wander
in off the street. I had not read the first book, JULIE AND
ROMEO, but plan to do so!
Julie Roseman and Romeo Cacciamani know a thing or two
about good fortune. For generations, their families were
rival florists and bitter enemies. Then Julie and Romeo met
by chance, just as each became single again. Even more
miraculous, they fell in love.
Three years later, Julie and Romeo are still blissfully
happy. They don't often get a quiet moment alone, and
rarely manage a night -- quiet or otherwise -- in the same
bed, but Julie feels blessed by what they do have: true
love, wonderful jobs, and houses packed to the rafters with
family. Romeo's ninety-three-year-old mother, his son Alan,
Alan's wife and their three children live with him; Julie's
daughter Sandy and her family -- including Sandy's Willy
Wonka-obsessed daughter, Sarah, and their cat -- live with
her. The odds of Julie and Romeo getting a few days of
peace together seem about as likely as winning the lottery.
But their wish comes true -- with a twist -- when an injury
puts Romeo flat on his back in Julie's room. Spending days
in bed may sound heavenly, but with Romeo on pain pills,
initially as comatose as Juliet in her tomb, the reality is
less romantic. Then Julie's other daughter, Nora, drops her
own crisis on her mother's doorstep. Now Julie has to
figure out how to run two flower shops, take care of an
ever-expanding household, nurse her beloved Romeo back to
health, tackle Sarah's fixation with lottery tickets, and
keep her daughters from regressing into full-scale teenage
bickering. And Lady Luck has one more surprise in store....
Wonderfully witty and unerringly wise, Julie and Romeo Get
Lucky is a smart, heartwarming story of timeless love and
family loyalty, and a reminder that if you suddenly get
everything you ever wished for, the only thing to do is
live happily ever after.
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