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Summary: fantastic story!!
Review: Sunny Chandler, heiress to Chandler Enterprises, breaks away from her privileged life to 'find' herself & to come to terms with what she wants in life. So she takes a job as kitchen help in a family owned Italian restaurant. She clashes with her new boss Nick D'Angelo & even as they match wits, their attraction to each other simmers. Nick is dedicated to running the restaurant as well as his late grandfather had instilled in him. So dealing with his matchmaking relatives, as well as D'Angelos, leaves him little time, or patience, to get involved with his new employee. However he is tempted to take a walk on the wild side with the sexy Sunny. This is a great family oriented story (with the Italian flavor I really enjoy) but still very hot & passionate. It is a fantastic keeper!
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Summary: fantastic story!!
Review: Sunny Chandler, heiress to Chandler Enterprises, breaks away from her privileged life to 'find' herself & to come to terms with what she wants in life. So she takes a job as kitchen help in a family owned Italian restaurant. She clashes with her new boss Nick D'Angelo & even as they match wits, their attraction to each other simmers. Nick is dedicated to running the restaurant as well as his late grandfather had instilled in him. So dealing with his matchmaking relatives, as well as D'Angelos, leaves him little time, or patience, to get involved with his new employee. However he is tempted to take a walk on the wild side with the sexy Sunny. This is a great family oriented story (with the Italian flavor I really enjoy) but still very hot & passionate. It is a fantastic keeper!
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Summary: Enjoyable contemporary romance
Review: In Chicago, septuagenarian Edwin Chandler rejects the idea that his beloved twenty-five year old granddaughter Susan has. She insists that she needs to take a six-month sabbatical before joining the family company, Chandler Enterprises. Susan, known as Sunny to everyone, but to the man who raised her when her parents died, believes that she needs to find herself by making her own decisions and mistakes and not do something because her cherished grandfather expects it. Mama Bennie hires Sunny to work in the kitchen of the family restaurant, D'Angelos. Nick D'Angelo actually runs the restaurant and cannot understand why his grandmother would hire such a helpless individual like the gorgeous Sunny unless Mama Bennie is playing her favorite role, that of matchmaker. Though he wants Sunny out of his kitchen Nick dreams of permanent sunshine in his life. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE is an amusing contemporary romance that focuses on two opposites falling in love with one another. The support cast adds understanding to the lead couple and humor to the story line yet at the same time they feel a bit too stereotypical. Still, Donna Kauffman provides a wonderful tale of love that will generate many a reader to consider a WALK ON THE WILD SIDE with their significant other. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Enjoyable contemporary romance
Review: In Chicago, septuagenarian Edwin Chandler rejects the idea that his beloved twenty-five year old granddaughter Susan has. She insists that she needs to take a six-month sabbatical before joining the family company, Chandler Enterprises. Susan, known as Sunny to everyone, but to the man who raised her when her parents died, believes that she needs to find herself by making her own decisions and mistakes and not do something because her cherished grandfather expects it. Mama Bennie hires Sunny to work in the kitchen of the family restaurant, D'Angelos. Nick D'Angelo actually runs the restaurant and cannot understand why his grandmother would hire such a helpless individual like the gorgeous Sunny unless Mama Bennie is playing her favorite role, that of matchmaker. Though he wants Sunny out of his kitchen Nick dreams of permanent sunshine in his life. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE is an amusing contemporary romance that focuses on two opposites falling in love with one another. The support cast adds understanding to the lead couple and humor to the story line yet at the same time they feel a bit too stereotypical. Still, Donna Kauffman provides a wonderful tale of love that will generate many a reader to consider a WALK ON THE WILD SIDE with their significant other. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Great Hero/Heroine Pairing
Review: Sunny Chandler needs to breathe on her own. Left alone by a boating accident that claimed the lives of her parents, she has been raised by her Chicago upper-crust grandparents, groomed (in the process) to take over the prestigious family business. She's spent her life trying to live up to her grandparent's expectations, always reminding herself of the enormous debt she owes them. Yet when it comes time for her take over the reins, she balks, wanting to take some time for herself first, time to breathe on her own. To live a little on her own. She makes a break for it. Literally. Jumping out of the limo (when it becomes apparent that her grandfather has no intention of letting her have some time off.) and running into D'Angelos, a family-run restaurant which, as luck would have it, is in need of a waitress. Nick D'Angelo has no use for a socialite with no idea of what's needed to wait tables in his restaurant, nor does he have time to train her. But something about the gutsy lady causes him to agree to a probation period. Determined to succeed on her own, Sunny gives it all she has--aided and abetted by Nick's family, most notably Nick's grandmother. Things heat up-and I don't mean just in the kitchen--when Sunny and Nick can no longer deny the attraction between them. But what will happen when Sunny's time is up and it's time for her to take over the family business? How will they be able to reconcile the wide gulf separating their lifestyles and worlds? Throw in a large and noisy group of D'Angelo relatives (all bent on getting and keeping these two together) and you have a recipe for one hot, steamy love story guaranteed to leave you fanning yourself. The hero/heroine pairing is one of the best I've read. Nothing condescending about either, both treating the other with respect and support. I'd never read a Donna Kauffman book and I realize now that I've probably missed out on some really great stories. Fortunately, most of her backlist is still available. And I can't help but hold out hope for Joey D'Angelo's story. Baby of the family and a real live wire!
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Summary: Sexy restaurateur meets business heiress -- very highly reco
Review: When Grandfather Edwin Chandler gives Sunny yet another speech about her duty, she can't stand any more. She's not ready to take over the family business. After completing her graduate degree, Sunny wants six months to spend as she pleases before assuming reign over the company. Although she was raised to be cold and unfeeling, Sunny's fierce independence balks at imprisonment in the cold granite and steal building that houses Chandler Enterprises. Unable to withstand her grandfather's badgering, Sunny stops the limo, leaps out, and heads for a help wanted ad in a nearby Italian restaurant. Her grandfather's parting words that she won't last six days inspires Sunny. With a challenge like that, she's certain to succeed. D'Angelo's is everything her grandparent's mansion is not -- warm and inviting. Despite her lack of qualifications, Sunny persuades Mama Bennie to hire her. With a promised one month probation, Mama Bennie introduces Sunny to her new boss, Nick D'Angelo. Sparks immediately fly. Nick doesn't want a woman who looks like Sunny in his kitchen. Although Sunny has no experience as kitchen help, she refuses to let Nick run her off. Hard work and aching feet don't keep Sunny from establishing her niche in the heart of the community, the family, and especially Nick. But the question remains if they can find a way to establish and maintain a relationship when they come from two such disparate worlds. Donna Kauffman has a talent for bringing her characters and story line to life. The dialogue came across crisp and sharp, making the read quick and delightful. Not only are the heroine and hero wonderful, but so are the other family members, especially Nick's meddlesome sisters. The spicy love scenes and the strong characterizations make WALK ON THE WILD SIDE very highly recommended.
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