A Merry Matchmaker provides an entertaining and festive read for cozy winter nights by a crackling fire.

A Merry Matchmaker by Sheila Roberts

Genre/Categories/Setting: Contemporary Women’s Fiction, Chick Lit, Christmas, Small Town, Washington (state)

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My Summary of A Merry Matchmaker:

Thanks #NetGalley @HarlequinBooks #MiraEditors for a complimentary e ARC of #AMerryMatchmaker upon my request. All opinions are my own.

Have you ever been set up on a date?

In a nod to Emma (Jane Austen), A Merry Matchmaker is the story of middle-aged Frankie and her persistent matchmaking schemes. Christmas takes center stage as we witness Frankie’s latest and greatest matchmaking endeavors. How will her favorite handsome hardware store owner, Mitch Howard, avoid her recent scheme and how might he gain her attention? Is the incurable matchmaker about to find her own match?

My Thoughts:

Mature Characters

All the fun of a rom-com with a few mature characters! It’s fun when older characters find unexpected romance in mid-life.

Festive

Fans of a festive Christmas setting will find lots to love here from a Mrs. Clause contest to gingerbread houses to a Santa Walk to all the decorations. A few recipes are included!

Entertaining

Sheila Roberts brings wit and entertainment in this nicely paced story. Frankie is meddlesome but loveable, and even though her matchmaking doesn’t always go according to plan, we love her for trying.

Recommending A Merry Matchmaker

If you are a Sheila Roberts fan, you won’t want to miss this new release. Known for warm-hearted women’s fiction with sweet (closed door) romance and no profanity, A Merry Matchmaker might be the festive, light read you are looking for this winter…a delightful escape from the stress of the holiday season.

Related: I’ve read two other “matchmaker” books this year: Meeting Her Match and Saved By the Matchmaker.

My Rating: 3.5 Stars

Meet the Author of A Merry Matchmaker, Sheila Roberts

With more than fifty books to her name, Sheila Roberts is a frequent USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller – and a fan favorite. Her Christmas perennial “On Strike for Christmas” was made into a movie for the Lifetime Channel and her novel “The Nine Lives of Christmas” was made into a movie for Hallmark. Hallmark also made a sequel, titled “The Nine Kittens of Christmas.” Her most recent novel to hit the small screen was “Christmas on Candy Cane Lane,” which aired on the Great American Family Channel in 2022. Before settling into her writing career, Sheila owned a singing telegram company and played in a band. When she’s not traveling, she splits her time between the Pacific Northwest and Southern California.

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