I’ve been waiting so long for this final chapter in the HEAVEN’S MATCHMAKER series to be born and today’s the day!
YOU’RE MY MATCH is a sweet with heat, enemies to lovers, opposites attract, workplace romance about two people who never thought the other was their soulmate, or even a person they would want in their life.
Charity Quinlan is a workaholic, independent woman who wants nothing more than to have a successful career and a marriage as happy and long as her parents.
Kolby O’Brian in a professional photographer and a man who thinks one-night stands are as far as a committed relationship goes. He has a reason for keeping women at arm’s length, and once Charity discovers what that reason is, she is stunned. And intrigued.
YOU’RE MY MATCH ends the HEAVEN’S MATCHMAKER series and ties the original series, A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN, into it, giving us a glimpse at the O’Dowd sisters’ lives and how they all interact with Charity and Kolby.
As a reminder, 100% of all the royalties on every book sold in the month of November is going toward my local food bank charity FEEDING TINY TUMMIES. FTT serves the children and families of the Monadnock region and they are one of the most worthwhile organizations I have ever known. I am proud to help sponsor them, so please, help me help them and buy the book! LOL ( Shameless plug and ask!)
I’m not gonna lie: waking up to this picture this morning almost made me cry. Oh, who am I kidding? I DID Cry!! Happy tears of joy!
My new release, PERFECT MATCH reached #7 in kindle ebook sales under the MEDICAL ROMANCE division during the night. Yowza!!!!
In the Later in life category, it’s
and in small town, it’s
My overall ranking in all of kindle books is # 35 right now, as I write this at 4:30 am EST.
I know most people won’t think much of that, but writers KNOW how wonderful this news is to an author because it means sales. And not just of this book. My rankings for the previous 2 books in the series have elevated, too, because people are buying those as well!!
The economy is pretty awful right now and tanking daily. That people are still buying books – and books about romance and HEAs, says something to me. It gives me hope and makes me optimistic about the future of books and reading. Why? Because in the world of publishing, I am basically a nobody. That people are buying a book by a nobody is amazeballs!!! And if this trend continues…well, my joy will be elevated even further.
If you haven’t read PERFECT MATCH, it’s available in Amazon in print, kindle, and in KU.
Bless all the people who read, and thank you from the bottom of my heart!
I’ve been hawking the preorders for this book for months!! ( Sorry!!, not sorry, lol) and the day is finally here! Release day for PERFECT MATCH, book 3 in the Heaven’s Matchmaker series.
I had such fun writing Olivia and Hunter’s story and finding ways for them to fall in love. I hope I did that, coherently and fully. When the reviews come in, I guess I’ll find out, LOL!
So,if you’re looking for something that’s a little sweet with heat, small-town, rich with main characters 40+, give this one a chance.
And I hope you enjoy all the books in the series so far ( there’s one more to come this November!)
Third generation matchmaker, Olivia Joyner, enjoys a 99% success rate when it comes to helping people find their happily ever afters. But her newest client is proving to be part of the 0.1 percent.
All the women Olivia have matched geriatrician Hunter Reinhart with have been perfect on paper. None of them, though, have resulted in a second request for a date, and all the women say the same thing: Hunter, although handsome and successful is just…dull. And boring. And too reserved.
Olivia can’t understand it, because to her? Hunter is none of those things. In fact, he’s the exact opposite of dull, boring, and reserved. He’s a man she would consider worthy of marrying herself – if she was in the market for a spouse.
Which she isn’t.
Olivia needs to figure out why she can’t find Hunter Reinhart the perfect match, and it just may require her to do something she’s never done before: go on a “date” with a client.
Purely for research and educational purposes, that is.
In just 7 more days, book 3 in the Heaven’s Matchmaker series, PERFECT MATCH, releases into the romance reading world and I can not wait.
I’m interested to see what you all think of Olivia and Hunter’s story. They were both a joy to write, Hunter especially. There’s just something so heartwarming and wonderful about a man who’s devoted himself to caring for the elderly population. He is compassionate, kind, smart, and empathetic – everything you’d want in a physician no matter what the age of the patient!
When I was working as a nurse I met many doctors who were candidates for asshole of the year. Luckily, I met an equal number who were devoted clinicians who believed in the practice of medicine and the healing arts. Those are the characteristics I gave to Hunter Reinhart, my male main character in Perfect Match.
Divorced, he still believes in the institution of marriage and wants to find his forever partner and love. He’s hired Olivia Joyner to help him find that person. Little did he know, his soulmate was as close as she was.
Have you preordered your copy? You can do so, here on ‘Zon. PM
Or, if you want a signed print copy, you can order it directly from me and I’ve got copies available right now – so you’d have it before it actually releases, lol! PM
In a little over 1 week (10 days to be exact but I’m the only one counting, lol!) PERFECT MATCH, book 3 in the HEAVEN’S MATCHMAKER series releases into the book reading world.
You don’t have to have read books 1 and 2 to understand what is going on in book 3. The same people roam in and out of the books, but this one centers on the actual town matchmaker, OLIVIA JOYNER.
But….if you’d like to know about the people in the town before reading Liv’s love story, books 1 and 2 are available now. MIX AND MATCH is only 99 cents on Kindle, so it’s an inexpensive way to start the series. Then LOVE MATCH follows. Both are slow burn, sweet with heat, small town, and later in life ( 35+) romance stories about people who are looking for that everlasting love and the bumps, starts, and stops that occur along the way to their HEA.
PERFECT MATCH releases in under 2 weeks so I’m introducing you to the main characters. Today, it’s Hunter Reinhart’s turn. This is how I’ve pictured him since I began the series…
If you are a certain age, the acronym IFYKYK will hit you hard. For those of you who don’t know, this is Richard Chamberlain, a mega-heartthrob in the 1960’s for his role as Dr. Kildaire, then as Fr. Ralph de Bricassart in the THORN BIRDS series. I have always adored this man for soso many reasons, the most obvious? That face. He just looks like a kindhearted doctor! Hence, he’s my Hunter.
About Hunter…
he’s a geriatrician
he’s divorced, no kids
he comes from “old” money
he’s naturally shy and reserved
he has a real love and adoration of older people
Hunter’s been on a lot of dates before he finds his Perfect Match. You can guess who that is! But it’s better to read the book, lol.
PERFECT MATCH releases 2 weeks from today, so I thought you might want to know a few things about the main characters.
Today, it’s OLIVIA JOYNER, Heaven’s Matchmaker. This is how I’ve pictured her since day 1, book 1 MIX and MATCH:
she’s been a widow for 21 years
She’s 40 years old
she has a 23 year old daughter
she got married at 17
she has a 99% success rate for matches/marriages
Tomorrow, you’ll meet Hunter Reinhart – the main male character.
Third-generation matchmaker, Olivia Joyner, enjoys a 99% success rate when it comes to helping people find their happily ever afters. But her newest client is proving to be part of the 0.1 percent.
All the women Olivia have matched geriatrician Hunter Reinhart with have been perfect on paper. None of them, though, have resulted in a second request for a date, and all the women say the same thing: Hunter, although handsome and successful is just…dull. And boring. And too reserved.
Olivia can’t understand it, because to her? Hunter is none of those things. In fact, he’s the exact opposite of dull, boring, and reserved. He’s a man she would consider worthy of marrying herself – if she was in the market for a spouse.
Which she isn’t.
Olivia needs to figure out why she can’t find Hunter Reinhart the perfect match, and it just may require her to do something she’s never done before: go on a “date” with a client.
Purely for research and educational purposes, that is.
Today is the last day you can enter my Goodreads Giveaway for a chance at an ecopy of Perfect Match, which will be released on 4.7.25. I’m giving away 100 Kindle copies to 100 lucky winners – the Goodreads Gods choose the winners. I have found that doing a giveaway like this for past books has garnered me a vast amount of new-to-me-writers, so the cost has been worth it.
Today’s tease for the book is the first time Olivia and Hunter kiss. It’s an awkward kiss, neither of them thinking it was going to be on the lips – much less as mindblowing as it was for both of them…
“I need to go back,” he said, returning.
“Problem?”
“My Arms patient has taken a turn and the staff is worried.” He tucked his phone back into the holder on his belt, and slipped the pager into his pocket.
“Well, I’m glad you at least had something to eat.” She followed behind him to the front door as he slid his suit jacket back on. “Especially if you’re going to be at the hospital for a while.”
As he shot the cuffs he peered down at her, his brows kissing as his mouth quirked. Once done, he buttoned the jacket and exhaled. “Olivia.”
Nervously, her lips twitched. “Hunter,” she said in the same serious tone he’d just used. “One of these days we’re going to have a discussion about why you don’t call me Liv like everyone else does. Olivia is so formal and stuffy.”
“It’s not formal or stuffy at all. It’s beautiful, just like you are and it suits you.”
Her nose squinched and wriggled. “Makes me sound like a maiden aunt with fifteen cats.”
He shook his head and then bent down to kiss her cheek. For some reason, though – and she was seriously going to have to think about why once he was gone – Liv turned into the kiss and his mouth landed on hers.
Shock paralyzed her. She knew she should back away or at least turn her head again, but simply…couldn’t.
Truth? Didn’t want to.
His mouth, Lord, his mouth!
How was it possible for such a masculine man, a man with a body that hinted at strength and solidity, to have the softest lips she’d ever felt?
Soft and silky and…succulent. Like ripe peaches, juicy and just begging to be…eaten?
It was as if she hadn’t just had dinner – hadn’t had anything to eat in days. Like a woman starved of sustenance, Liv simply devoured him.
Before she could understand what was happening, her hands lifted to his cheeks, cupping them, the subtle scratch of his evening scruff prickling against her fingers and driving her…insane.
Insane with a need she couldn’t have guessed she’d possessed.
Her own shock was nothing compared to the swift hiss she heard him expel right before he shifted, drawing her closer as he wound his arms around her waist. With her next breath, she was plastered against him, every long line of his body pressed against her. Had he pulled her to him, or had she simply cleaved?
She wasn’t sure, but the descriptions she’d had of him being strong and solid were proven truthful. She could add one more word to the list as her body molded to his, liquifying into every ridge and muscle and valley of his form: hard.
All over.
His tongue swiped at her mouth, insistently; firmly; commanding she open for him.
It was never a thought or consideration not to.
Liv’s lips parted and she inhaled him as if his very breath gave her life.
As he deepened the kiss, Liv’s head dropped back giving him full access. To her mouth…her body…her very soul.
Her career, her business, her reputation be damned. All that mattered was right here, right now, with this man.
She slid her fingers through the opening of his jacket to glide up and down his back, every curve of muscle she skimmed over harder than the one before it.
The man was a mountain of defined sinew under his clothing, begging the image of what he must look like without it to surface in her mind. A tiny gasp escaped her when his hands slid down to the dip in her spine, his fingers spreading the expanse of the space, flirting with the top of her ass.
Her blood zipped through her veins, heating her in places she hadn’t felt warmth in quite some time.
Too long.
The shriek of his pager abruptly screeched around them, shocking them apart. Liv had no idea what she looked like, but Hunter’s face told a story she thought might mimic hers. Confusion creased his brow while desire still danced in his eyes. His mouth was a swollen mass of perfection, his lips wet and plump, his face flushed from chin to temple in a rosy glow of lust.
Without a word, their gazes locked, he reached down to his belt and pulled the annoying device from its holder.
A quick eye flick at it then he said, “I have to…go…” his voice jagged and, to her ears, thick with emotion.
Nodding, she wrapped her arms around her chest and moved around him to open the door.
“Olivia—”
“You’d better go, Hunter,” she said, shocking herself at the calmness in her voice, when her insides were swirling like wind galloping down Tornado Alley. “Don’t keep them waiting.”
He winced, his eyes almost closing.
Don’t forget to enter the contest. And if you’re not on GoodReads, or just want to get the book on your own, the pre-order is available now on Amazon at the link above. It’ll go into KU for 90 days, then go wide.
Last week I told you about my current GOODREADS GIVEAWAY for PERFECT MATCH book 3 in my Heaven’s Matchmaker series, so today I just wanted to send out a reminder in case you haven’t entered yet.
The contest ends on March 11, and it’s for 1 of 100 copies of the book, which will be distributed on release day, APRIL 7, 2025.
In case you’ve forgotten ( or been living under a rock, because I’ve talked about this book to the extent even I’m getting sick of hearing about it! LOLOLOL) here’s the blurb:
PERFECT MATCH (OLIVIA AND HUNTER, HEAVEN’S MATCHMAKER, BOOK 3)
Third-generation matchmaker, Olivia Joyner, enjoys a 99% success rate when it comes to helping people find their happily ever afters. But her newest client is proving to be part of the 0.1 percent.
All the women Olivia have matched geriatrician Hunter Reinhart with have been perfect on paper. None of them, though, have resulted in a second request for a date, and all the women say the same thing: Hunter, although handsome and successful is just…dull. And boring. And too reserved.
Olivia can’t understand it, because to her? Hunter is none of those things. In fact, he’s the exact opposite of dull, boring, and reserved. He’s a man she would consider worthy of marrying herself – if she was in the market for a spouse.
Which she isn’t.
Olivia needs to figure out why she can’t find Hunter Reinhart the perfect match, and it just may require her to do something she’s never done before: go on a “date” with a client.
Purely for research and educational purposes, that is.
I’ve done so many Goodreads giveaways now, I’m an expert at setting them up.
Really.
For my 4.7.25 release of PERFECT MATCH ( Heaven’s Matchmaker book 3) I wanted to try and garner some new readers. Whenever I want to do that, a Goodreads giveaway seems like the perfect way to do it.
So………
You can probably write what’s coming next, kids.
For my 4.7.25 release of PERFECT MATCH, starting today, February 27.25 and going until March 11, 2025, I’m having a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY.
Enter here for a chance to win 1 of the 100 free Kindle copies I’m giving away for book 3.( You don’t have to read books 1 and 2 to know what’s going on because they are all standalone novels.) GIVEAWAY
Don’t forget to add the book to your WANT TO READ LIST and check the box, here:
Hurry! Enter today.
And GOOD LUCK!
(PS> even if you don’t win, I hope you’ll still consider preordering it and reading it when it’s released on 4.7.25~0
Peggy Jaeger, Author 