Miss Match
Laurelin McGee
St. Martin's Paperbacks, Jun 30 2015, $7.99
ISBN: 9781250059185
Fired and unable to obtain a position in her field due to her last
employee’s horrific blackballing “reference”, out of work marketing analyst
Andrea Dawson chose between paying the Internet bill and a new suit needed for
job interviews. Her baby sister Lacey
insists Andy answers a personal ad in the newspaper placed by a man seeking a
wife. Though she believes her potential
client seeks a pimp, Andy applies and to her surprise businessman Blake Donovan
hires her to find him a spouse who meets his required, stringent and specific criteria.
Andy’s first reaction to Blake is that he is a heartless Mr. Robot
(not the TV series) and his first impression of her is that she is a free
spirit lunatic. As she finds him perfect
female after female, he keeps rejecting them.
Neither wants to face the truth; that the woman he desires as his wife
is his matchmaker and the woman he wants as his wife is his matchmaker.
The key to this entertaining screwball comedic
romance is Blake who over the course of the plot goes from a person who
seemingly never used his heart to a likable Pinball Wizard (The Who). On the other hand irresponsible Andy is a fun
protagonist in a sort of Holly Golightly (Truman Capote's Moon River) way. Readers will enjoy this lighthearted farce as
the matchmaker makes him a match.
Harriet Klausner
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