Book Review: Marry Me Maddie

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Marry Me Maddie     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Rita Herron
Class/Genre:   Romance
Lovespell, Aug 2001, $5.50, 368 pp.

Maddie Summers agrees to becoming a guest on her friend's popular Savannah TV show, Sophie Knows. The Valentine's Day theme is "Marry Me or Move On" and Maddie will confront her boyfriend Jeffrey Oglethorpe with that choice on local TV. Jeffrey prefers tabling marriage so Maddie says she will date others ending their long-term relationship.

Maddie decides to concentrate on her decorating businesses and tries to persuade her two siblings and their blood brother/partner Chase Holloway to hire her to do their homes. Because her tastes run a bit different than her brothers, Chase is assigned the role to keep Maddie in line. This task he truly desires because he is willing to go on Sophie Knows to state that he will gladly marry her.

MARRY ME MADDIE is a very amusing contemporary romance though this reviewer must wonder what type of friend sets up a buddy for potential failure on TV. The story line is humorous as Maddie and Chase begin to fall in love while her brothers want to shotgun (with their fists) Jeffrey into marrying their sister. Sub-genre fans will want more jocular sequels starring several key secondary players from Rita Herron.

Harriet Klausner

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