Jacquelyn Sanchez is a single woman trying to make a life for herself in politics as she gets over a breakup from her ex.  Having taken a position as the assistant to the Mayor’s wife, she never thought her life would be about running errands and making sure “Mrs. Mayor” was kept together for the public eye.   

As Mrs. Mayor learns of her husband’s affair, gets a black eye, and wants to go back to her old life as a soap actor for a visit, Jacqs finds herself scrambling to keep her job and life separate.  She does not want to be friends with Mrs. Mayor yet she feels responsible for her.  Add in a trip home to visit with her family, a new roommate and more, and Jacqs has a life filled with drama. 

Jacqs finds herself in situations with her meddling family, nutty friends and the Mayor that only a real life drama would include; fiction could not be this hilariously bizarre, and yet come across as real.  This novel was a riot; Margo Candela is a talented author with a great sense of humor.  UNDERNEATH IT ALL left this reader shaking her head and laughing out loud as the scenes unravel and leave Jacqs with many dramatic and traumatic scenarios to deal with in her daily life. 

Secondary characters fill out this novel in a way that gives it depth as well as humor.  Jacqs’ family is the typical neurotic bunch that gives her grief about her divorce, wants the best for her and drives her crazy in between.  She is a normal every day Latino woman that is just trying to make a name for herself in this crazy world we all live in, that is the kicker that makes this a great novel for every reader to sit back and enjoy as they hide from the stress of the holidays.

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