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Montana Match

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If you enjoy a traditional love story, Montana Match is for you. Boy meets girl, falls in love, career woman can't let love get in her way...no, no, no! That's not the way it's supposed to go!

Rancher Jake Ruskin's biological clock is ticking. He wants offspring to leave his empire to, but marriage candidates are sparse so he hires a big city matchmaker with a proven track record. The raven haired beauty whose spiked heels are stuck in his yard isn't what he expected.

Becky Montoya came to do a job. The fee was generous and the situation intriguing. The man himself is too gorgeous to be believed. This job should be a snap. She contacts three candidates, and one of them shows up unannounced. Attractive, farm raised, enthusiastic - what's not to like? Match or mis-match? Fran Shaff keeps you guessing. An entertaining tale of love and a struggle of wills. Enjoy!

If you ever want to take a few moments to visit Montana, especially at night under a beautiful sky, then pick up the book Montana Match. You will simply fall in love with Jake Ruskin and Becky Montoya. From the moment she lands in his arms after arriving at his ranch, you know there is going to be something going on between the two. The book was enjoyable, and many times I wanted to reach inside and shake some sense into Becky. The character of Jake was great! We need more men like him. Sam, the housekeeper was a great addition to the book, not to mention Catherine and Lucas. I really enjoyed this book by Fran Shaff. I look forward to more of her books to read. Montana Match deserves five stars! A love story drawing two people together that were indeed meant for each other. I bought the book to add to my collection of Avalon romances. There are some stories that you read and just forget, this one you will read and always remember. I really enjoyed this story and you will too!!

A FUN TO READ BOOK. AS YOU READ THIS STORY, YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THE SITUATIONS AND DREAM. ALL OF THE CHARACTERS ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AS YOUR FRIENDS. MONTANA IS A GREAT SETTING AND I LOVE COWBOYS.

A BOOK YOU CAN GIVE TO YOUR DAUGHTER OR YOUR GRANDMOTHER AND EACH WOMAN WILL ENJOY FRAN SHAFF'S STORY.

Mrs. Fran Shaff, originally from South Dakota, published her first novel in October of last year. She now resides in Hutchens, MN and is a full-time writer splitting her writing time between Romance novels and children's novels for middle readers. Montana Match was the third book to be featured in the new romance book club at Chapter a Day, the on-line book club. .... She states, "The feedback from club members was very positive." This is Fran's third Romance novel, and finally the one that paid off, and I am here to tell you why.

Her intriguing characters, Jake Ruskin and Becky Montoya are not your typical pair. Jake is a one-time-Wall-Street-Whiz who found his way back home to Montana and a ranch he grew up on. However, he was reluctant to leave all of the financial fiascos of New York behind. Through today's technological advantages he discovered he didn't have to. He lives and works on the ranch, but stays plugged into Wall Street via the Internet and continues his investment portfolio progress without skipping a beat.

Realizing that he lacks the valuable commodity we all know as time, and deciding he definitely does not want to grow old alone, and that an heir for all he has established would be a wonderful perk, he hires the services of Miss Becky Montoya. The founder and owner of "A Match Made in Heaven" matchmaking service she takes Mr. Ruskin's case into her own delicate hands and flies west to Montana to discover his lifestyle, characteristics, and what he is looking for in a wife.

Sound a bit familiar? I immediately thought of the excellent musical starring Barbara Streisand and Walter Matheau, "Hello Dolly!" However, unlike our clever Dolly Levi, Miss Becky is the one avoiding matrimony and refuses to interfere whereas Mr. Jake Ruskin is all too eager to get on with the next phase of his well-planned life.

They realize they are setting each other on fire each time they bump into each other, but Becky refuses to allow these animalistic feelings to encroach upon her well-laid-plans of her own life. Seeing first hand how devastating marriage can be, she vowed to not get married herself and to help those who are determined to marry, to marry the right person, a person they really could spend an eternity with.

Jake tries once, twice, but gives up after a third attempt to convince Becky she is his Miss Right. He accepts the lovely lady Becky and her database have found for him and goes about making wedding plans.

I won't give away the ending, but we all know the best laid plans tend to go amuck without much help from anyone, and perhaps this is especially so with the help of one old codgity cowboy turned house keeper for Jake Ruskin who sees how right Becky and Jake are for each other.

Just when you think all will go according to plan, and so obviously the wrong plan, well, the plans change and the book takes a wonderful twist in bringing about the conclusion.
This book is a wonderful short read. The style is simple and the words are not minced. It says it like it is, or stammers over it until someone figures out what it is and sets things to rights in this Career Romance from Avalon. It validates the point that we could all use a little help from our friends from time to time. And my new friend, Fran Shaff, has helped me turn a blah day into a fun one with her book, Montana Match!

A wonderful book to curl up and read, sigh at the end and wish for another peek into Becky and Jake's future. Lovable characters all the way around. A book a teenage girl would love; a ninty year old grandmother would adore; or anyone in between could get right into the middle of. Good job, Fran Shaff. Looking forward to your next book.