The Matchmakers (Harlequin Famous Firsts) [Mass Market Paperback]

Debbie Macomber (Author)

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About the Author

Debbie Macomber, the author of Twenty Wishes, Back on Blossom Street, Between Friends, and the Cedar Cove series, is one of today's leading voices in women's fiction. A regular on every major bestseller list with more than 100 million copies of her books in print, the award-winning author celebrated a new career milestone in September 2007, when the latest in her Cedar Cove series, 74 Seaside Avenue, scored #1 on the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly and Bookscan bestseller lists. Her popularity is worldwide with her books translated into twenty-three languages. Debbie and her husband, Wayne, are the proud parents of four children and grandparents of eight grandchildren. They live in Washington State and in the winter they live in Florida.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin; Reissue edition (March 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373200005
• ISBN-13: 978-0373200009
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #379,124 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

With more than 100 million copies of her books sold worldwide, Debbie Macomber is one of today's most popular authors.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author is best known for her ability to create compelling characters and bring their stories to life in her books. Drawing on her own experiences and observations, Debbie writes heartwarming tales about small-town life, home and family and enduring friendships. Every book features the delightful sense of humor that readers around the world clamor for.

Debbie is a regular resident on numerous bestseller lists, including the New York Times (55 times and counting), USA TODAY (currently 63 times) and Publishers Weekly (23 times to date). She is the first-ever recipient of the "readers' choice" Quill Award for Romance Fiction, for 44 Cranberry Point, the fourth book in her highly popular Cedar Cove series. Debbie has also been honored with a RITA® Award, a Romantic Times BOOKreviews Career Achievement Award and is a multiple winner of both the Holt Medallion and the B. Dalton Award.

Her recent books include 92 Pacific Boulevard, 8 Sandpiper Way, 74 Seaside Avenue and Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove Cookbook, as well as Twenty Wishes, A Cedar Cove Christmas, Summer on Blossom Street and The Perfect Christmas.

For more information on Debbie and her books, visit her Web site: www.DebbieMacomber.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a first Harlequin Macomber novel, March 26, 2009

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wogan "the book reader" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Matchmakers (Harlequin Famous Firsts) (Mass Market Paperback)

The Matchmakers is Debbie Macomber's first book for Harlequin Books. If you have read her other stories, written later in her career you can see the growth, so that alone, especially if you are a fan of her writing makes this interesting. That also is probably why some would judge this not her best. The plot varies in that the lady, a widow, Dori Robertson is in love but the guy, Gavin doesn't want to be and only realizes at the end that he does indeed care for her. I'm really not giving anything away, because this is the basic plotline of these romances; boy meets girl, they fall in love, have a falling out and reunite for a happy ending. There is also the frequently used plotline of matchmakers putting the couple together, the children as the matchmakers. Don't think this is a criticism, the books and stories are addictive and you will develop a fondness for the characters and wish the book went on for more pages, so that's another plus - a likeable Macomber book

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good But Not Great. Not A Keeper!, December 21, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Matchmakers (Harlequin Romance) (Paperback)

The Matchmakers is a good but not great romance book from the Harlequin Romance Book Publishing Company and it is just not one of their best and is not one of the author Debbie Macomber's best. It is about a woman named Dori Roberts who is either divorced or a widow and her son decides it is time for her to get a new husband and places an ad in the newspaper and Gavin Parker is a man who sees the ad and gets the wrong idea by thinking that Dori is a man hungry woman, etc and she thinks he is an arrogant jerk, etc.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Need a husband soon, April 28, 2009

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S. Montes "book godess" (El Paso, Tx USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Matchmakers (Harlequin Romance) (Paperback)

A story of a boy who really wants a dad and be a real family. Does things to make his mom look attractive and get a man. She joins up with the one man that can not get married to anyone. They of course fall in love and well have to fing out for yourself... Its a fast read, heart-warming...