Roses in Autumn Book

Though not as wacky as book two, The Perfect Wife still lives up to its billing as a romantic comedy. Felicia "Fee" Salinger Kelley has been a single mother since her husband left her for another woman a year earlier. She's a strong woman but still rather overwhelmed as the mother of Dinah, Clifford, and baby Gabe. At her sister's wedding she becomes reacquainted with Brody Collins who she knew slightly in high school. Brody is the editor of California Dreams magazine and persuaded Lucy to let him have the exclusive coverage of her wedding, letting her believe he is an old boyfriend of Fee's. He used to have a crush on Fee and finds himself again being drawn to her. After a series of misunderstandings, he agrees to live in Fee's guesthouse and be a part-time nanny for the kids so she can seek work. Brody wants to get the exclusive story of her ex-husband and his starlet girlfriend but things don't turn out as he expected. This is a delightful book that I enjoyed very much.