Marrying the Matchmaker

 

As the middle child of the Shanahan family, Zaira does her best to keep the peace. She doesn't share her dream of becoming a published author with her family to spare herself their disapproval. When she's caught in a scandal involving the local matchmaker, Bellamy McKenna, she must put her storytelling ability to good use and feign a match with him to avoid wagging tongues and her parents' anger.

Feeling the growing pressure to marry as a well-known, yet single matchmaker to St. Louis's Irish community, Bellamy reluctantly agrees to a temporary match with Zaira. But even though the matchmakers in his family might be able to find love for others, they have a history of disastrous relationships for themselves. When secrets and danger force Zaira and Bellamy to work together, is it finally the matchmaker's turn to be lucky in love?

Hedlund delivers another captivating romance with sizzling chemistry in this romantic conclusion to her beloved matchmaking series.

Review: 

Bold and impetuous Zaira Shanahan finds herself in a difficult situation with the up-and-coming matchmaker Bellamy McKenna. Her laser focus of wanting first-hand experience for a romance scene that she is writing had me shaking my head and thinking, “This is going to get messy!”. Bellamy is a complex man; while he has an uncanny ability to find matches for people, he is reticent to further his attraction and relationship with Zaira. This is mostly due to his fears as he states, “The matchmakers have advice on relationships for everyone else, but they can never make the advice work for themselves.”

Things to love:
humor
secret careers
fake engagement
close family
orphans
Irish superstitions
claddagh ring
art gallery

I was so happy to see Bellamy get his own HEA. He has been my favorite character throughout the series, and I have been eagerly awaiting his story. It was even better than had imagined with great character development and the message of truthfulness, and trust over fear.

Sadly, this is the fourth and final book in the series, A Shanahan Match Book. I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the Shanahans and the matches that Bellamy made for this tight knit family.

Thank you for my gifted copy from Bethany House Fiction and Great Reads Book Promotion. I was not required to write a positive review.