Wealthy families and interconnected couples provide the framework for Ruth Cardello's contemporary romances. The Legacy Collection begins with Maid for the Billionaire, in which businessman Dominic Corisi meets Abby Dartley when she arrives to care for his mother; later books follow members of the same extended world through marriages, rivalries and family conflicts. The Barrington Billionaires series opens with Always Mine and again uses a connected family of affluent protagonists, while Lone Star Burn shifts some of the action to Texas. Cardello's books are direct, relationship-led and usually combine glamorous settings with family complications and a strong romantic plot. They belong firmly to billionaire romance and contemporary series romance, especially for readers who prefer recurring families and couples whose stories continue in the background of later books. Read more Less