MAKE ME A MATCH

Author: Diana Holquist ISBN: 0446617970 9/2006 CHICK LIT Publisher: WARNER FOREVER

Cecelia Burns's To Do List: 1. Pick out wedding dress and ignore psychic sister who says I'm marrying the wrong guy. 2. Really ignore her when she says the right guy is some stranger named Finn Concord, who's dying, and this is my last chance to experience my One True Love of a lifetime. Ever. 3. Okay, fine. Find this Finn guy, tell him he's dying, and split. Quick. 4. Stop staring at him...even though he does look pretty good for a guy who's on his last legs. Oh god, those unforgettable eyes... those strong arms. And those kissable lips... 5. Take a deep breath and remember that psychics lie too, just like everyone else. 6. Then again, maybe there is something to this One True Love business after all. There's only one way to find out...

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

Who knew cardiologists had such interesting pasts? Holquist's debut romance, MAKE ME A MATCH, is a clever comedy about a conservative young woman who is anything but what she seems.

Doctor Cecelia Burns is celebrating her engagement with her live-in lawyer when her sister Amy, MIA for ten years, waltzes back into her life and ruins everything. Amy is a psychic and con artist whose only talent is hearing the name of a person's One True Love. She is back in Cecelia's life because her talent is fading, and she needs Cecelia to help her. Cecelia left her family and con artist past behind her years ago, and has no appetite to get involved in the life again, but circumstances quickly overtake her.

Cecelia's life is turned upside down as her fiancé runs off to find his own real One True Love. She ends up in another relationship with a hot carpenter who might be her One True Love and his precocious daughter. Part gypsy, she creates a new tribe with her sister and new man, learning that love and family is more important than financial success and the "right" things.

MAKE ME A MATCH sparkles with humor and heart. I enjoyed the fully realized characters and conflict amidst the fun. A sequel has already been announced, so it's time to get to know the Burns family and their psychic talents!

Heather Hiestand