A Match in the Making by Jen Turano

About the Book

Title: A Match in the Making
Series: The Matchmakers #1
Author: Jen Turano
Genre: Historical Romance
Publisher: Bethany House
Release Date: February 21, 2023

Miss Gwendolyn Brinley accepted a temporary paid companion position for the Newport summer season, believing it would be a lark to spend the summer in America’s most exclusive town. She suddenly finds her summer turning anything but amusing when her employer expects her to take over responsibilities as an assistant matchmaker. Tasked with the daunting prospect of attaining advantageous matches for her clients, Gwendolyn soon finds herself in the employ of Mr. Walter Townsend, the catch of the Season, but a gentleman Gwendolyn finds beyond irritating.

Walter Townsend is reluctantly in search of a wife for the sake of his unruly motherless children who cannot keep a governess for long. What he wasn’t expecting was Miss Brinley, an amateur matchmaker who turns his quest for a new wife into a complete and utter debacle. Constantly besieged by society ladies on a mission to win his affection, Walter must find a way to overcome their inundating attention–and his unexpected attraction toward Gwendolyn.

The more time they spend together throughout the Newport Season, the harder it is for Gwendolyn to find Walter a wife when she realizes his perfect match might be . . . her.

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About the Author

Named one of the funniest voices in inspirational romance by Booklist, Jen Turano is a USA Today bestselling author, known for penning quirky historical romances set in the Gilded Age. Her books have earned Publishers Weekly and Booklist starred reviews, top picks from Romantic Times, and praise from Library Journal. She’s been a finalist twice for the RT Reviewers’ Choice Awards and had two of her books listed in the top 100 romances of the past decade from Booklist. She and her family live outside of Denver, Colorado. Readers can find her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and at jenturano.com.

My Review

A Match in the Making
Book 1 in the Matchmakers series
by Jen Turano
Rating: 4.5/5

As a huge fan of the author’s witty and romantic stories full of quirky characters, I was so excited to get an ARC of the the first book in this new series. There’s something so lighthearted and charming and humorous about how the author writes her characters that just seem so endearing and make you want to root for the heroine. The author does an amazing job of keeping you hooked and invested in her characters. I am such a sucker for matchmaking stories full of fun antics and especially precocious children. I found the writing well done and the story perfectly paced. I also appreciated the nod to feminism during a historical time when women were not considered equals.

“You’re going to be told throughout your life that girls shouldn’t do many things. It’ll be up to you to decide whether that’s true or not.”

Highly recommend this clean, witty, fun, rom-com that will make you laugh, swoon and maybe even cry.

My thanks to the author and publisher for providing me with an ARC of the book. All opinions expressed here are entirely my own. No positive review was expected and no compensation received.

More from the Author

Read my review of To Steal A Heart from the Bleecker Street Inquiry Agency series here.
Read my review of Storing Up Trouble from the American Heiresses series here.