Chris Manby, Ready or Not

Ready or Not

Chris Manby

Berkley, December 2006, $6.99

ISBN: 0425213536

In London, Heidi met Ed Gordon when she had emergency dental needs and her dentist was away. They went out on a first date that was perfect, and continued to see one another until he proposed on Valentine's Day in Paris. He is the man of her dreams.

However, over the next few months as Heidi and Ed prepare to say I do, she begins to have doubts, mostly caused by his behavior when he is with his rugby mates. Heidi begins to wonder if he is her soul mate when he comes back to their flat telling her he lost his key, unaware that he lost his clothing too, as he is naked. Adding to her growing doubts is that her first love Steven Gabriel is back and making it clear he desires her. Heidi considers whether she is ready to marry and to whom or not?

This is an enjoyable amusing contemporary romance that sub-genre fans will appreciate, as Heidi seems poised as her world goes out of control. She, her fianc and her former lover are fully developed characters, while his mates augment the growing concerns that have Heidi reconsidering her commitment. Though the ending is too overwhelming with "confessions", Chris Manby provides a fun modern day English romance.