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Pub. Date
c2009
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Belinda Bauer in her ivory tower. In the German community of Poetry, Texas, Belinda spies an opportunity. The tiny town is filled with loggers and railroad men in need of wives, so she sets herself up as a marriage broker. She writes little poems to be printed in newspapers all over the country and one by one, women begin to arrive in Poetry. Theres only one problem: Belinda doesnt have a clue what shes doing and all the brides marry the wrong men!...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
In 1994, visionary entrepreneur Gary Kremen used a $2,500 loan to create the first online dating service, Match.com. Only 5 percent of Americans were using the internet at the time, and even fewer were looking online for love. He quickly bought the Sex.com domain too, betting the combination of love and sex would help propel the internet into the mainstream. Imagine Kremen’s surprise when he learned that someone named Stephen Michael Cohen had stolen...
23) Kissing games
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Series
Aurora Skye volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"After a perfect first kiss, Aurora's second kiss lands her boyfriend in the hospital, and her matchmaking strategies start to backfire"--
24) Rent-A-Pal
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Set in 1990, a lonely bachelor named David searches for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother. While seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape called Rent-A-Pal. Hosted by the charming and charismatic Andy, the tape offers him much-needed company, compassion, and friendship. But, Andy's friendship comes at a cost, and David desperately struggles to afford the price of admission....
25) Holiday in death
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No one likes to be alone during the holidays. For New York's most posh dating service, Personally Yours, it is the season to bring lonely hearts together. But Lt. Eve Dallas, on the trail of a ritualistic serial killer, has made a disturbing discovery: all of the victims have been traced to Personally Yours. Eve soon enters an elite world of people searching for their one true love -- and one killer searching for his next victim.
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"Gussie, Ina Mae, and Blanche have been best friends for more than sixty years. From their humble beginnings of founding the Sunshine Club when they were girls to becoming the matchmaking queens of Newton, Texas, these three were inseparable. When Blanche passes away, Gussie and Ina Mae feel the best way to honor their dearly departed is with a shot of whiskey, some good music, and making a match for Blanche's niece, Sissy. Never mind that Sissy's...
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A royal match volume 2
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Before she does anything too outlandish, Amelia Ivanosen, Princess of Wesloria, is sent to an illustrious matchmaker to the ton, and ensconced at the country family estate, forms an instant dislike toward the neighboring duke whom she cannot stop thinking about.
Ever since her sister became queen two years ago, Amelia Ivanosen, Princess of Wesloria, has been flirting and skirting scandal--just barely. Before she does anything too outlandish, she...
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Series
Cowboy academy volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Former rodeo queen Ronnie Pickett has always had a talent for matchmaking--and now she's going pro. Her first customer? None other than her friend and teen cowboy crush, Wade Keller. Of course, convincing the widowed bronc rider and single dad that it's time to date again is gonna be a challenge. But no one warned Ronnie about the occupational hazard of falling for her very first cowboy client.." --
30) Boomerang
Author
Series
Boomerang volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"The first book in a sensational New Adult trilogy from Noelle August. Welcome to Boomerang.com, the dating site for the millennial gen with its no-fuss, no-commitments matchups, and where work is steamier than any random hook-up. Mia Galliano is an aspiring filmmaker. Ethan Vance has just played his last game as a collegiate soccer star. They're sharp, hungry for success, and they share a secret. Last night, Ethan and Mia met at a bar, and, well....
31) Porcupine Cupid
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Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Porcupine is determined to play Cupid for his forest friends, but his "arrows" only anger them until he finds another way to bring them together.
32) Hitch
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Hitch is New York City's greatest matchmaker. Love is his job and when Albert Brennaman wins the heart of gorgeous society heiress Allegra Cole, Albert has Hitch to thank. So when tabloid columist Sara Melas decides to uncover the secret behind the relationships unlikely sucess, she's shocked to discover that Alex Hitchens, the charming young man she's been dating, is the legendary date doctor himself. Exposed in a front-page scoop, it's now up to...
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
In a small New Jersey beach town, twelve-year-old Polly Madassa, who speaks like a character in her two favorite novels, "Pride and Prejudice" and "Anne of Green Gables," spends the summer making deliveries for her parents' bakery and playing matchmaker, with disastrous results.
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
On the verge of her second marriage, Carla knows she's found the one. She and her fiancé Tom met through a dating agency, but when her superstitious family insists she visit a fortune teller before her big day, the tarot reveals that the love of Carla's life is not Tom, but one of the men she dated on a gap year - twenty-one years ago. With her wedding just weeks away, Carla sets off across Europe, tracking down her exes from that unforgettable year...
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Series
Weekday brides volume 3
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
The high-born daughter of an English duke, Gwen comes to America to help run her sister-in-law's matchmaking firm, and develops a crush on her enigmatic bodyguard.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Behind anonymous screens, an army of cool and beautiful girls manage the dating service Ghost Lover, a forwarding system for text messages that promises to spare you the anguish of trying to stay composed while communicating with your crush. At a star-studded political fundraiser in a Los Angeles mansion, a trio of women compete to win the heart of the slick guest of honor. In a tense hospital waiting room, an inseparable pair of hard-partying friends...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"As the new manager of The Perfect Passion Company at No. 24 Mouse Lane in New Town, Katie Donald has made it her mission to provide help to the lovelorn citizens of Edinburgh. With the help of her amiable and handsome office neighbor William Kidd, she finds herself making matches for the lonely hearts of Edinburgh who want a more personal touch. In this tale, Katie helps an airline pilot figure out what it is he really wants in a partner by sending...
Author
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Pub. Date
c2011
Description
"Join Annie Peterson as she follows the clues to discover who set fire to the local dating service, the Perfect Match. Is the arsonist the financially strapped widow who owns the matchmaking business, a mismatched newspaper editor, an unsatisfied and unmarried forty-something customer, or the new female investigator who, except for her suspicious past, seems the ideal mate for Annie's son Devin? The race is on--to see whether or not Annie and her...