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!