Tess Beckett

Contessa "Tess" Beckett (Nee Lombardi) is a fictional character in the Sweet L.A. Life series. She is a boutique owner and a mother of three daughters.

Character Profile
Tess Beckett is the mother of twin protagonists Megan and Jenny. Tess is often described as looking like the twins' older sister, being youthful, brunette, and brown-eyed like her daughters. Tess is a successful party planner, working for the biggest famous clients in L.A. Tess has a third daughter, Emma.

Italian Heritige
We learn more about Tess and her ancestors: She is descended from Charlotte Rosetti, a Italian woman who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1900s and settled in the midwest. Her own mother was Adriana Mancini (née Alessi), who lived in Europe during WWII and worked as a radio operator for the French Resistance.

In this book, we also learn how Tess and Steven met and fell in love at Tess's hometown in the late 1980s. Tess moves to New York to study fashion at F.I.T. where Steven goes to Medical School.

The Birth of Evan
When twins, Megan and Jenny Hale were finishing their last year of high school, Tess became pregnant with her fourth child. Steven wasn't sure he was ready for more children, especially with his two oldest daughters graduating from high school. Their youngest daughter, Emma had a hard time dealing with the changes in the household, becoming a big sister and seeing her older twin sisters leaving for college.