Author: Debbie Macomber
Release Date: September 29, 2009
Page Count: 232
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 3/5
"Maybe money can't buy love - but it can get you practically everything else."
Goodreads Summary
"For Cassie Beaumont, it's meeting her perfect match. Cassie, at thirty-three, 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. He's Simon Dodson, and he's very choosy about the clients he takes on. Cassie finds Simon a difficult, acerbic know-it-all, and she's astonished when he accepts her as a client.
Claiming he has her perfect mate in mind, Simon assigns her three tasks to complete before she meets him. Three tasks that are all about Christmas: being a charity bell ringer, dressing up as Santa's elf at a children's party and preparing a traditional turkey dinner for her neighbors (whom she happens to dislike). Despite a number of comical mishaps, Cassie does it all --- and she's finally ready to meet her match."
First Thought
Well that was Hallmark-ish.
Review
This was a sweet, short, and quick read for me. I started reading this in December of 2017 and just wasn't feeling it at the time. I re-started reading it yesterday and read the whole thing in one sitting. It really was an easy read.
I enjoyed the idea of paying for the perfect or "most suitable match" ($30,000 was far fetched), but I felt like the story was left short. Although the tasks were very entertaining and I did giggle a few times, I didn't feel the tension in the love story. Of course I knew who would end up with whom by the end, but I was hoping to feel the emotions a bit more.
It was decent, I'd recommend it for a quick cozy holiday read. Not on my to read or purchase lists though.
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