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"The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she's an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs. Honestly, it's a pretty...
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"An injured ex-athlete discovers that giving up on the game of life is not an option... As far as former NFL star Jake Masters is concerned, dreams are risky propositions. Years ago he came achingly close to achieving his ambition of playing in the Super Bowl--before a spinal injury ended his career. Confined to a wheelchair, unwilling to take a chance on another risky surgery that could restore his mobility, Jake now stays cocooned behind the imposing...
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Chicago Stars novel volume 6
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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Anabelle Granger endeavors to promote her grandmother's matchmaking business by landing sports agent Heath Champion as a client, an effort that is challenged by Heath's arrogant nature and Annabelle's own unexpected feelings.
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"Spinster Addy Coblentz fears she'll never marry. So her parents hire the new matchmaker who's moved to their Amish community of Seven Poplars. But Addy doesn't just want a match. She wants love. While some of her potential suitors are perfectly fine, only one man catches her eye. Gideon Esch is everything Addy's looking for: strong, kind--and handsome. But he's only a poor hired hand who can never give her family the stability they want. With her...
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Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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Farahad Zama's debut novel transports listeners to faraway India for a story brimming with endearing characters, homespun wisdom, and blossoming love. After Mr. Ali retires, he launches a matchmaking service that helps an array of clients arrange marriages. But he's unaware of his able assistant's dire need for his marriage bureau.
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2009.
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English
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For Cassie Beaumont, a perfect Christmas would mean meeting her perfect match. At thirty-three, Cassie wants a husband and kids, and so far, nothing's worked. Not blind dates, not the internet, and certainly not leaving love to chance. What's left? A professional matchmaker. Simon Dodson is difficult, acerbic, and very choosy about the clients he takes on. But Simon accepts Cassie as a client, and assigns her three tasks to complete before she meets...
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Quercus Editions Limited
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Percy James has everything a girl could want: a comfy flat, a steady relationship and a truly lovely group of friends. Then she is approached by Eros Tech. Eros is 'the future of love' -- an agency that brings together soulmates using mobile data. Percy has been identified as a match for one of Eros's super wealthy clients. The only problem is she already has a boyfriend ... but what if this is destiny? Would you -- could you -- pass up a chance to...
10) Hitch
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Columbia Pictures
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English
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Hitch is New York City's greatest matchmaker. Love is his job and when Albert Brennaman wins the heart of gorgeous society heiress Allegra Cole, Albert has Hitch to thank. So when tabloid columist Sara Melas decides to uncover the secret behind the relationship's unlikely sucess, she's shocked to discover that Alex Hitchens, the charming young man she's been dating, is the legendary date doctor himself. Exposed in a front-page scoop, it's now up to...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"London, 1885 Amelie Hampton is a hopeless romantic, which makes her the perfect columnist to answer lonely heart letters in The Marriage Gazette. When Amelie plays matchmaker with two anonymous lonely hearts, she also decides to secretly observe the couple's blind date. To her surprise, the man who appears for the rendezvous is Harold Radcliffe--a grieving widower and a member of Amelie's book club. Police detective Michael Baker has been struggling...
15) The arc
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2022.
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English
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"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,...
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"For readers of The Rosie Project and One Plus One, an "entertaining and moving" novel about what happens when a matchmaking company finds an ideal match in an unlikely pair, by the author of The Unhoneymooners"--
Single mom Jessica Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. Jess has been left behind too often to feel comfortable letting anyone in; she holds her loved...
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Intervention volume Book 1
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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At thirty-four, Delaney Collins believes her life is perfect (or at least, perfectly mediocre). But when her "fail-proof" dating system fails completely, she's forced to reevaluate her past, present, and future. Forced, as in her two best friends, Josie Garcia and Summer Gray, stage The Dating Intervention and take complete control of her life, from romance to career (Delayne can't be a bartender forever, and she really should use the doctorate she...
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St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"From the moment he strode through the iron gate and into the offices of Two Love Lane on a crisp December day, it was obvious that Deacon Banks was something different. He wasn't a Charleston native, not with that adorable Yankee accent. And unlike the usual client at the elegant matchmaking agency, he had no interest in finding a woman to marry--just a few no-strings dates while he was in town."--Page 4 of cover.
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Cowboy academy volume 1
Publisher
Thorndike Press Large Print Clean Reads
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Former rodeo queen Ronnie Pickett has always had a talent for matchmaking--and now she's going pro. Her first customer? None other than her friend and teen cowboy crush, Wade Keller. Of course, convincing the widowed bronc rider and single dad that it's time to date again is gonna be a challenge. But no one warned Ronnie about the occupational hazard of falling for her very first cowboy client.." --