Paranormal Romance published by Berkley 20 Sep 22
This series set in Harmony, with its charming mix of old-fashioned values and circumstances driven by the world, is totally charming. Ravenna and Ethan, with their pen-loving dust bunny Harriet, make an absolutely wonderful addition along with the other characters in this universe.
Ravenna is a matchmaker, a career choice she takes up after she barely survives an assignment with the FBPI. Ethan is her big failure when, after nine failed dates, she’s unable to find him a suitable match. Now, as a final solution, they both agree to be each other’s dates of convenience before agreeing to part ways. Ethan arrives to pick up Ravenna for their date, only to find her trying to take an unconscious man out to the tunnels. I love how he rolls up his shirt sleeves and takes the trash out for her.
As the attacks on Ravenna intensify, Ethan is there to have her back and keep her safe, even as they continue to bond through the experience. You got it! All those failed dates; Ethan only ever intended for Ravenna to be his match.
Another winner for Ms. Castle.
Grade: B
Summary:
f there’s something Ravenna Chastain knows, it’s when to end things. And after she almost winds up the victim of a cult that believes she’s a witch, it’s easy to walk away from her dead-end career, ready for a new start. But where to find a job that would allow her to use her very specialized skill set? The answer is clear: she becomes a matchmaker.
But even a successful matchmaker can’t find someone for everyone, and Ravenna considers Ethan Sweetwater her first professional failure. After nine failed dates, Ravenna knows it’s time to cut Ethan loose. But Ethan refuses to be fired as a client—he needs one final date to a business function. Since Ravenna needs a date herself to a family event, they agree to a deal: she will be his (business) date if he will be her (fake) date to her grandparents’ anniversary celebration.
What Ethan fails to mention is that attending the business function is a cover for some industrial espionage that he’s doing as a favor to the new Illusion Town Guild boss. Ravenna is happy to help, but their relationship gets even more complicated when things heat up—the chemistry between them is explosive, as explosive as the danger that’s stalking Ravenna. Lucky for her, Ethan isn’t just an engineer—he’s also a Sweetwater, and Sweetwaters are known for hunting down monsters…
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