Taking a cue from the TV audience’s current love affair with reality shows, author Judith Natelli McLaughlin brings to life cake-loving third-grade teacher Mary Grace Falcone and her germ-phobic boyfriend Ralph Ichy, who happens to be a teacher also.
Part comedy of errors, part machinations of two mothers, “Love, Reality Style
The plot is easy enough to follow, with a full cast of secondary characters who can actually steal the show at times. But of course, Mary Grace and Ralph remain center stage the whole time though more often than not, someone is trying to upstage them!
Though not a full on comedy, there are so many laugh out loud funny moments that by the end of book, you realize that the author, Judith Natelli McLaughlin has a wicked sense of humor! Very adept in making the characters three-dimensional, McLaughlin also has the gift of making you think while you are laughing.
Ralph and Mary Grace are not your typical hero and heroine. They are so ordinary. And yet, their ordinariness makes them perfect and actually very lovable. Make sure that you put Love, Reality Style
“Love, Reality Style
When cake-loving third-grade teacher Mary Grace Falcone receives a proposition of marriage from her germ-phobic boyfriend Ralph Ichy, her comfortable life is thrown into a tailspin. Should she marry Ralph? The man dubbed “the CEO of Antiseptic Hands”? Reluctantly, and despite the differing opinions of her best friends Jayde and Annie, Mary Grace accepts. Her decision gets her meddling mother off her back, but also lands her on a reality wedding show where handsome host, Nick Charmin, unexpectedly falls for her.
Will Mary Grace choose hot Nick or faithful Ralph? Is the decision really hers to make? And, is a slice of cake actually the answer to all of life’s problems?
