Review: Poignant and Sweet
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2012
Best seller mystery author Cat O'Leary Zaslow needs help organizing her life. With 5 kids, a variable number of pets and a need to meet her publisher's deadline, Cat's agent Max hired Riley McKendrick, one of the best time-management honchos in the business.Cat did not want her time "managed" and Riley did not do "domestic", but the sparks that flew between them made it impossible for them to just walk away. On a bet, Cat accepted Riley's challenge that he could make Cat's household the epitome of efficiency within 48 hours.***SPOILER ALERT***The reason why Riley does not do domestic was because he was raised in a series of foster homes. With all of his relatives gone before he was even four years old, Riley did not know how it is to have a family.Cat's life was full because of her 5 children. She did not even know that she was missing romance in her life until she laid eyes on Riley. But, Riley was upfront in saying that he is not a marrying man. So, though there was a mutual attraction between the two of them, Cat cannot look forward to a happily ever after.A PG-13 romance, "The Marrying Man" is more about family love than romantic love. Poignant and sweet, it was heartbreaking reading about Riley and how he grew up and how he kept himself apart so that he will not be hurt. How the children was able to melt his heart is as important as how he fell in love with Cat.Not a tearjerker by any means, but Riley will tug at your heart the same it he tugged Cat's heart.