A Man For Marley
Arianna HartContemporary romance
Available from Samhain Publishing
ISBN: 1-59998-195-5
April 2007
| Hunter's father dies and Hunter must go to the reading of the will. When he gets there, he see beautiful but disapproving Marley. She worked in his famiy's bar for the last five years while Hunter persued his career in racecar driving. The magazines have called him "The Golden Boy" both for his looks and his success. Marley considers him an irresponisble playboy, and is extremely upset and angry when she learns the terms of the will. In order for her to receive the money that was left to her and ownership of half of the bar, which is worth over $900,000, Hunter must stay in the apartment above the bar and work there for six months. If he fails, they both lose their inheritence to a cousin in Iowa. She immediately snaps at him, assuming he won't be able to work, and work hard, for six months. Despite the attraction that sizzles between them, Marley has absolutely no intention of ending up in Hunter's bed, as she learned her lesson about that from her mother, but she has every intention of working him to the bone in the six months he must stay at O'Malley's.
I liked how the two characters kept fantasizing about each other; it really made the attraction seem real and it was often funny. It was interesting to see how both characters dealt with the fact that falling in love was in conflict with their goals for the future. Marley's reaction to Hunter's declaration of love was unexpected; generally I expect the guy, not the woamn, to freak out over being in love or having someone in love with them! I really would have liked to see a confrontation between Marley and her mother, as it seemed a long time coming, and was a little upset when it didn't happen. Though the book isn't something I could read over and over again, it is a very good one-time read and I had no trouble reading and enjoying it. A Man for Marley was very much like a mainstream contemporary romance that just had more frequent love scenes.
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Reviewer: Tara Black |
