THE NINE MONTH PLAN

Wendy Markham

Warner

ISBN: 0-446-61175-1

August 2003

Contemporary Romance

Nina Chickalini has spent a good deal of her life in Queens taking care of her brothers and sister. The last chick, her youngest brother, will fly the coop in a year and Nina plans to head to Europe. Her plan is well thought out and upper most in her mind, there is life outside of Queens and she plans on finding out what it's like.

Nina's best friend and neighbor, Joe Materi has tasted what goes on in the outside world. He's a successful Wall Street executive that is fairly well off and has traveled to places Nina only dreams about. Joe wants to settle down and have a baby, but up to this point the getting married part of the "settling down" has not worked for him. He's been left at the altar once and he's worked his way through a broken engagement. Both times his best friend Nina has done her part to console him. Lately though he's been thinking about becoming a single parent. He'd like his friend Nina to have his baby, she has plenty of time to fit in the event before she has to leave. But as we all know the best laid plans seldom come to fruition.

THE NINE MONTH PLAN is a delightfully refreshing story of love, laughter and committment. From page one the reader can't help but love Nina and Joe. Their honesty and deep abiding friendship turns to love so emotionally smooth that readers will find themselves totally caught up in the concept. The story is helped by the wonderful members of the Chickalini family who shamelessly think nothing of meddling in Nina and Joe's business.

Warner author Wendy Markham has created an endearing hero and heroine with a fantastic family for romance readers to love.Their Italian heritage and the urban atmosphere of a New York borough makes for great reading. THE NINE MONTH PLAN is a sure fire winner and a definite asset to any bookshelf.