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Shanahan match volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Enya Shanahan's ill-fated marriage has left her with an annulment and a child on the way. Her father's solution is for her to marry again, and the local matchmaker knows just the man: Captain Sullivan O'Brien. Enya's heart is closed off to love in this marriage of convenience, but a greater purpose draws them together"--
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Language
English
Description
"Dear Izzy--I feel certain there's a book-loving man living relatively nearby waiting to speak bookish to you 'til death do you part. You just haven't met yet." Izzy Edgewood is a wannabe bookstore owner, quote queen, and Lord of the Rings nerd who has been waiting for Prince Charming to sweep her off her sneakered feet. But it's hard to meet people when you spend more time with fictional humans than real ones. Which is why her pragmatist cousin Josephine...
Author
Series
Weekday brides volume 3
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Gwen Harrison, the beautiful daughter of an English duke, came to America to take over her sister-in-law's matchmaking business. But just because she's the boss doesn't mean she can't fantasize about making her own perfect match with bodyguard Neil MacBain. Neil, the retired Marine, can't deny the effect blue-blooded Gwen has on his troubled soul or his battle-hardened body. But as a client, Gwen is off limits, until a threat from Neil's past returns...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Miss Camilla Pierpont, matchmaker and member of the New York Four Hundred, has vowed never to marry after suffering heartbreak during her debut years ago. After learning that Camilla has enjoyed success with taking wayward young ladies in hand, Mr. Owen Chesterfield travels to the Hudson River Valley determined to convince Camilla to sponsor his sister. Camilla agrees to Owen's proposition and travels with him to West Virginia, finding herself charmed...
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Language
English
Description
"From the author of The Matzah Ball comes a pitch-perfect romcom following a third-generation Jewish matchmaker who unwittingly finds her own search for love thrust into the spotlight... The perfect Jewish husband should be: A doctor or lawyer (preferably a doctor) Baggage-free (no previous marriages, no children) And of course--he must be Jewish As the creator and CEO of the popular Jewish dating app J-Mate, matchmaker Dara Rabinowitz knows the formula...
Author
Series
Lucy Valentine novels volume 3
Publisher
St. Martins
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Lucy Valentine is still searching for love{u2014}for her clients and for her self{u2014}and this time, she{u2019}s about to go public with her private displays of affection{u2026}.
9) The arc
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A thirty-five-year-old Ursula Byrne, "VP of Strategic Audacity" at a branding agency in Manhattan, is successful, witty, whip-smart, and single. She's tried all the dating apps, and let's just say: she's underwhelmed by her options. You'd think that by now someone would have come up with something more bespoke; a way for users to be more tailored about who and what they want in a life partner--how hard could that be? Enter The Arc: a highly secretive,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"As the new manager of The Perfect Passion Company at No. 24 Mouse Lane in New Town, Katie Donald has made it her mission to provide help to the lovelorn citizens of Edinburgh. With the help of her amiable and handsome office neighbor William Kidd, she finds herself making matches for the lonely hearts of Edinburgh who want a more personal touch. In this tale, Katie helps an airline pilot figure out what it is he really wants in a partner by sending...
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Series
Publisher
Entangled Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Successful Boston matchmaker and television personality Meredith Galane's reputation is on the line. During a guest appearance on a morning talk show, she's broadsided by questions about her own romantic attachments, just as she's trying to secure a syndication deal. Afraid to admit her love life is a total disaster, Meredith blurts out that she's seriously involved with a very special man--a boatbuilder in Maine. She never expects a small slip to...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Behind anonymous screens, an army of cool and beautiful girls manage the dating service Ghost Lover, a forwarding system for text messages that promises to spare you the anguish of trying to stay composed while communicating with your crush. At a star-studded political fundraiser in a Los Angeles mansion, a trio of women compete to win the heart of the slick guest of honor. In a tense hospital waiting room, an inseparable pair of hard-partying friends...
Author
Series
Taming of the dukes volume 2
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Lady Vesper Lyndhurst is beautiful, clever, and popular. Afforded every luxury as a duke's daughter, she fills her days with friends, intrigues, and a self-professed knack for matchmaking. She may have sworn off love for herself, but she is rather excellent at arranging it. Faced with an insolvent estate, the Duke of Greydon has no choice but to return to England in a final attempt to revive his family's fortunes. He's been gone for years, happy...
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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In London, 1946, the two women who recently started The Right Sort Marriage Bureau find their new livelihood endangered when one client is arrested for the murder of another. In a London slowly recovering from the ravages of World War II, two very different women join forces to launch a business venture in the heart of Mayfair--The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. Miss Iris Sparks, avuncular and unmarried, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, practical and widowed...
Author
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A young magazine writer in Mumbai must prove her matchmaking skills-and contend with growing feelings for her close family friend-in this debut romance Jia Deshpande, the ever-confident stylish fashionista, is a writer with Mimosa, Mumbai's top women's magazine, where she begrudgingly writes cliché articles about finding "the one." Out of the office, Jia writes the messy truth of real love on her anonymous blog while balancing competitive family...
16) Undeniably yours
Author
Series
Lucy Valentine novels volume 5
Publisher
CreateSpace
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
"While still recuperating from injuries sustained in her previous case, the last thing psychic investigator Lucy Valentine wants is to dive into another job. But when Detective Lieutenant Aiden Holliday comes calling for help in finding a missing woman, saying no is not an option. TV journalist Kira Fitzpatrick has vanished without a trace. There's little for Lucy to go on except picking up Kira's current investigation where she left off. The fearless...
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Series
Publisher
Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Cute and bubbly changeling Ryder Sinclair has seen it all, working the night shift at the Midnight Liaisons paranormal dating service. But she has just one month to go before she becomes permanently supernatural...unless she finds her own Prince Charming. She'd even settle for Mr. Wham-Bam-Thank-You-Ma'am--some generous soul who will relieve her of her virginity (and therefore her curse) before her fated twenty-fifth birthday. But it's been impossible...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In this witty and heartfelt rom-com debut for fans of Jasmine Guillory, Emily Henry, and Tessa Bailey, an Indian American woman signs herself and her boyfriend up for a matchmaking site to prove they're a perfect match, only to be paired with her ex instead"--
19) Truly, madly
Author
Series
Lucy Valentine novels volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Author
Series
Fairy-tale matchmaker volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Defying her mother's wishes and the Tooth Fairy Guild, Cory quits her tooth fairy training to explore such things as babysitting an adventurous Humpty Dumpty and helping Suzy organize her seashells by the seashore until, at last, Cory discovers a power she never knew she had.
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