A charming small-town Christmas romance full of wit, warmth, and unexpected love. ✨
In the charming frontier town of Maple Hollow, Colorado, Clara Merriweather has built a reputation as the town's most reliable postmistress—and its most successful matchmaker. With her meticulous organization and keen eye for compatibility, she's arranged more marriages than anyone can count. There's just one problem: the matchmaker herself has never been matched. Clara insists she's perfectly content with her orderly life of sorting mail and orchestrating other people's love stories. Romance, she declares, is ‘a hobby, not a goal.’ But when Jack Callahan, a ruggedly handsome blacksmith from Boston, arrives in town with his city manners and teasing smile, Clara's carefully controlled world begins to unravel. Their first meeting is a disaster—he knocks over her mailbag, she corrects his paperwork, and sparks fly in all the wrong ways. When Jack challenges Clara's matchmaking prowess at the town picnic, a very public bet ensues: Clara has until Christmas Eve to find Jack a wife, or she'll bake a pie for every eligible bachelor in Maple Hollow. What follows is a delightful comedy of errors as Clara attempts to match the unmatchable blacksmith with every suitable woman in town—while trying desperately to ignore her own growing feelings for him. From disastrous tea parties to snowball fights, from a perilous blizzard rescue to a rival's unexpected arrival, Clara and Jack dance around their undeniable attraction with wit, warmth, and plenty of small-town charm. But when scandal threatens Clara's reputation and a sophisticated widow from Jack's past comes to claim him, Clara must decide: Will she continue hiding behind her ledgers and propriety, or will she finally take the greatest risk of all—opening her heart to a love she never planned for? Set against the backdrop of a picturesque Colorado Christmas, The Matchmaker of Maple Hollow is a swoony, laugh-out-loud romance about letting go of control, embracing the unexpected, and discovering that the best love stories are the ones you never see coming. Perfect for fans of: Sarah MacLean, Tessa Dare, and anyone who loves small-town historical romance with sharp banter, slow-burn chemistry, and a happily-ever-after worth waiting for.
Genre: Romance
In the charming frontier town of Maple Hollow, Colorado, Clara Merriweather has built a reputation as the town's most reliable postmistress—and its most successful matchmaker. With her meticulous organization and keen eye for compatibility, she's arranged more marriages than anyone can count. There's just one problem: the matchmaker herself has never been matched. Clara insists she's perfectly content with her orderly life of sorting mail and orchestrating other people's love stories. Romance, she declares, is ‘a hobby, not a goal.’ But when Jack Callahan, a ruggedly handsome blacksmith from Boston, arrives in town with his city manners and teasing smile, Clara's carefully controlled world begins to unravel. Their first meeting is a disaster—he knocks over her mailbag, she corrects his paperwork, and sparks fly in all the wrong ways. When Jack challenges Clara's matchmaking prowess at the town picnic, a very public bet ensues: Clara has until Christmas Eve to find Jack a wife, or she'll bake a pie for every eligible bachelor in Maple Hollow. What follows is a delightful comedy of errors as Clara attempts to match the unmatchable blacksmith with every suitable woman in town—while trying desperately to ignore her own growing feelings for him. From disastrous tea parties to snowball fights, from a perilous blizzard rescue to a rival's unexpected arrival, Clara and Jack dance around their undeniable attraction with wit, warmth, and plenty of small-town charm. But when scandal threatens Clara's reputation and a sophisticated widow from Jack's past comes to claim him, Clara must decide: Will she continue hiding behind her ledgers and propriety, or will she finally take the greatest risk of all—opening her heart to a love she never planned for? Set against the backdrop of a picturesque Colorado Christmas, The Matchmaker of Maple Hollow is a swoony, laugh-out-loud romance about letting go of control, embracing the unexpected, and discovering that the best love stories are the ones you never see coming. Perfect for fans of: Sarah MacLean, Tessa Dare, and anyone who loves small-town historical romance with sharp banter, slow-burn chemistry, and a happily-ever-after worth waiting for.
Genre: Romance
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