Stanislaskis

About the Stanislaskis series

The Stanislaskis, also marketed as "Those Wild Ukrainians," follows the Stanislaski family, Ukrainian immigrants settled in New York's Lower East Side, across two generations of hot-tempered, close-knit siblings and their children finding love. Taming Natasha pairs fiery toy-shop owner Natasha Stanislaski with buttoned-up child psychologist Spencer Kimball. Luring a Lady follows Natasha's brother Mikhail, a sculptor, and his combative romance with art gallery director Sydney Hayward. Falling for Rachel and Convincing Alex turn to siblings Rachel, a stockbroker, and Alex, a police detective, each paired with a partner who upends their carefully controlled lives. The final two books jump to the next generation: Waiting for Nick follows Nick Le Beau, a family friend raised alongside the Stanislaski children, and Freddie Kimball, Natasha's now-grown niece; Considering Kate closes the series with Kate Kimball, another of the next-generation Stanislaski-adjacent cousins, finding her own match years after the original siblings' stories concluded.

The family's tight-knit, opinionated warmth — parents Mikhail Sr. and Yuri, and their four grown children's constant, loving interference in each other's lives — is the connective tissue running through all six books, even as the series shifts from the founding generation to their children over its decade-plus run.