The Matchmaker's Tricky Catch: Fake it 'til you make it

by Frieda J. Downing

Overview

A fresh take on a romantic comedy classic, Hitch, this fake dating romance is Cupid's nightmare with an annoyingly stubborn quarterback and the con artist determined to give him away... before she falls for him herself.

Fine. I'm a matchmaker who doesn't actually know much about love. Not too surprising, really. After all, the only people who lie more than Social Engineers are spies, and neither are famous for their sweeping romances. Honestly, (not that I know much about that, either) we can't even manage healthy relationships. But I want out of The Life, and what better way than to use my special skillset to play cupid to a bunch of rich lonely hearts? I just need to prove myself, and I know the perfect place to start. Denver's hottest and most untouchable bachelor, Broncos quarterback Noah "Stone" MacCallion. All I have to do is read the guy, send send him on three dream dates, and this city's singles scene will be lining up.
Sure, he's a tad miffed because I accidentally framed him for kidnapping... me... but no worries. We can fix that tiny hiccup.

He should be an easy score, too, except he's distractingly handsome, irritatingly stubborn, and seems determined to mess up every match I send him on. And then there's his outrageous flirting, his mischievous tricks, and we're not even going to talk about his kisses. Those brain-liquifying, neuron-searing, I-forgot-my-own-name kisses. He's playing me, but I'm not sure what his strategy is. Yet. No worries. He might think he's got game, but if there's one thing I'm good at, it's engineering people.

Wanna know how this ends? Easy. I win, Noah MacCallion, because you've totally met your match.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186749073
Publisher:	Pinkies High Publishing
Publication date:	02/12/2023
Series:	The First Three Dates Matchmakers Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	939,174
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Nice to meet you. I appreciate you choosing to spend time with my characters, and I deeply hope they entertained you.

Growing up, we lived in a former house of ill repute. (Go ask your mom or grandma.) I ran around naked most of the time according to extended family (mortifying). And we had a buffalo (yep). Somewhere along the line I developed a deep love of shenanigans. Some were good clean fun, some got me kicked out of a few events and such, and others ended with me getting lost in the catacombs. That's not metaphorical. Somewhere in Austria there's a catacomb caretaker dude to whom I owe dinner and a hefty apology. It was an honest mistake. They said take the blue door and head down the stairs. Looking back I guess I should've realized that was a lot of stairs...

I like to think I've gotten a tiny bit wiser. Emphasis on tiny.

I married my best friend after breaking his heart three times. I know. Awful, right? But I've spent all the years since trying to make up for it. After that, we dove headfirst into the magnificent cyclone known as raising kids. We have three. They're epic turkeys and we have stupid amounts of fun. So life is full of wonder and challenge, much like yours, I'm betting. I mountain bike every chance I get, lose my coffee cup daily, and bake a mean lemon merengue pie, if I do say so myself. To be fair, you should steer clear of the stroganoff. Ahem.

I suppose it's important to me that you know how very much I love us crazy, broken humans. We dream so big. We try so hard. Yet somehow, so often, things just go terribly wrong.

That's where my books begin... because that's where the real love story's found.

I wish you adventure, joy, and more love than you knew was possible.
Frieda