Recipe for love:
two reluctant souls and a dash of matchmaking!
Dr. Mikki McKennaâs dedicated her entire life to her patients. But when it comes to herself? The devoted doctorâs vowed never to repeat her parentsâ mistakes, and that means never falling in love. But restaurateur Jeff Sabatino canât get his motherâs compassionate internist off his mind. Heâd move mountains just for minutes with Mikki. Have the Matchmaking Mamas once again cooked up a romance?
USA TODAY bestselling and RITA® Awardâwinning author MARIE FERRARELLA has written more than two hundred and seventy-five books for Mills & Boon, some under the name Marie Nicole. Her romances are beloved by fans worldwide. Visit her website, www.marieferrarella.com.
Also available by Marie Ferrarella
Christmastime Courtship
A Second Chance for the Single Dad
Meant to Be Mine
Twice a Hero, Always Her Man
Dr. Forget-Me-Not
Coming Home for Christmas
Her Red-Carpet Romance
Diamond in the Ruff
Dating for Two
Wish Upon a Matchmaker
Ten Years Laterâ¦
A Perfectly Imperfect Match
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ISBN: 978-1-474-07725-5
AN ENGAGEMENT FOR TWO
© 2018 Marie Rydzynski-Ferrarella
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Charlie. Bet You Never Thought When You Sauntered Into My Second Period English Class That First Day That Half a Century Later, Weâd Still Be Together, Did You?
Prologue
âHi, Mom.â
Maizie Sommers stopped short as she entered the ground-floor office of the real estate business she had lovingly nurtured and guided into a thriving enterprise over the last decade and a half. She was just returning from helping a young couple find the home of their dreams, something that always gave her an immense amount of pleasure.
The very last person she expected to see in her office, sitting in front of her desk, was her daughter, Nikki. Nikki, a pediatric physician and her only child, was responsible for Maizie initially dipping her toe into theâat that pointâvery unfamiliar waters of matchmaking.
She and her lifelong best friends, Cecilia Parnell and Theresa Manetti, had done so well finding a match for Nikki that they were encouraged to continue in their endeavors and find perfect matches for Ciliaâs daughter and Theresaâs children.
When that worked out, they decided to continue matchmaking as an occasional hobby.
The hobby caught fire, and while all three women went on to maintain the separate businesses they had built over the years, matchmaking became very near and dear to their heartsâas was their determination to remain quietly behind the scenes. They were in it for the satisfaction, not the recognitionâand certainly not the money since there was never any charge.
Maizie and her friends were quite proud of the fact that the couples they had brought together over the years never knew they were being skillfully guided to come together.