The Matchmaker's Sister

by Karen Toller Whittenburg

Overview

Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Get me a date with a wonderful mate!
Love's On The Loose In Providence…
Nothing less than divine intervention can quell the commotion when the Danville girls of Providence, Rhode Island, get involved!
Cool, confident Miranda is the take-charge beauty of the family. Not content with a simple silver spoon, she was born with a Day-Timer, too—and no one ever escapes her endless list of to-do's! But now the efficient Miranda is up against her sister, Ainsley, the family's intrepid Cupid, who's determined not to rest until she finds the man who'll make her sister part of a perfect pair.
When four motherless children—and their handsome dad, Nate—arrive at the matchmaker's door, will Providence see another match made in heaven?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781460368985
Publisher:	Harlequin American Romance Classic
Publication date:	02/11/2025
Series:	Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	154
File size:	2 MB

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The Matchmaker's Sister

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By Karen Whittenburg

Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd.

Copyright © 2004 Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd.
All right reserved.
ISBN: 0-373-75014-5

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Chapter One

Monday, August 4

12:15 Lunch with Ainsley @ Torrid Tomato.

Re: WEDDING

Items To Discuss/Decisions MUST be made TODAY.

1. Date/time a. October 31st too soon/not enough time to plan! 1) need at least 18 months 2) Halloween! (No, no, no, no, no!) b. Time of Ceremony 1) Evening 8:30 (8?)

2. Place - Newport Methodist. No discussion allowed.

3. No. of Attendants (Must be four or six. Not three or five.) a. Candlelighters (More than two is tacky.) b. Children? 1) Calvin Braddock - ring bearer? a) Adam and Katie's little girl, Janey, too young for flower girl. b) Does Ivan have a suitable family relation? 2) Children misbehave/create disruptions

4. Florist a. My area of expertise 1) My friend Cleo (First choice) 2) Victoria (If Cleo unavailable) 5. Photographer/Videographer a. Andrew's area of expertise 1) Contract/deposit? 2) Consultation meeting? 3) Portrait sitting - No discussion!

6. Reception a. Danfair - talk to Matt about date; put on his calendar!

1) If country club preferred, contact Jacques immediately! 2) Caterer a) Menu b) Wine list b. Entertainment 1) Music selection

7. Miscellaneous a. Invitations 1) Calligrapher b. Guest List 1) Deadline - 1 week!!

8. TOO MANY DETAILS - TOO LITTLE TIME!! a. Must persuade A & I to change date.

9. Buy Aspirin. a. Ask Dr. Ivan how many constitute lethal dose. b. Don't take that many.

Miranda Danville knew how to plan a wedding.

She'd never actually done so, but, really, how hard could it be? Especially for someone with her organizational skills. Planning anything success-fully - be it a full-scale wedding or the layout of a breathtaking garden - was simply a matter of making a list. Or several lists, depending on the size and time constraints of the project. Then items on the list - or lists - prioritized by importance, organized by category and subclassified according to when and/or where action was required. There had to be some flexibility, of course, but successful planning essentially consisted of making and following a list.

A concept that was obviously unfamiliar to the wedding planner who'd put together today's fiasco. Even taking into account the last-minute nature of the occasion - Miranda's cousin, Scott, and his bride, Molly, had nearly married once before, but at the last minute and for reasons still unclear to Miranda, the bride had developed cold feet, decided she wasn't good enough for Scott and instead of walking down the aisle, she'd hit the front door running. Miranda wasn't exactly clear, either, on how the two had reconnected, although she attributed some of the blame or the credit - depending on which family member she was talking with - to her sister, Ainsley, who was, as improbable as it still seemed to Miranda, an apprentice matchmaker.

But however the reunion had come about, once Scott and Molly found each other again, they weren't taking any chances and wanted to have the wedding they'd missed out on two months before immediately. If not sooner. Which Miranda conceded was a tall order for anyone, although in her humble opinion, that neither explained nor acquitted the person or persons who had arranged this event. The wedding that had taken place earlier in the evening had contained some major faux pas. Mistakes that almost certainly could have been prevented, even at short notice, if the wedding planner had taken the time to compile a comprehensive list.

The worst, however, turned out to be the reception, held at Oceanview, the Cliffside mansion Miranda's uncle Edward called his cabin by the sea, where the food was going faster than the buffet line. Any wedding planner worth her consulting fee might be forgiven for the unfortunate incident with the candles - the fire, after all, had been minor - and perhaps there had been no way to avoid the mix-up with the flowers or to prevent the fracas between the organist, the flautist, the soloist and the cellist.

But there was no excuse for the shortage of food.

Well, no one would have the opportunity to mess up Ainsley's wedding. It was going to be perfect. Absolutely perfect. The wedding of the year. And if that meant Miranda had to do every single thing herself, had to check and double-check every detail a dozen times, then that's what she'd do. Ainsley, the youngest of Miranda's four siblings, would be the first to marry and it was important that her wedding be an especially memorable event for the entire family.

(Continues...)

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