The Irish Matchmaker by Jennifer Deibel
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A delightful story set in Ireland that showcases the age-old custom of the matchmakers. But the story isn’t about the matchmakers, the story is much deeper than that. It’s the story of loss and longing and finding one’s place in a world of enticing expectations.
Catriona Daly is a matchmaker, but a lonely one. She wants much more out of life than what she has and has very definite ideas about what she doesn’t want.
Donal Bunratty is a widower farmer with a young daughter to raise. His life is all work and no play, he doesn’t have time for it. Scratching out a living is the best he can do.
The annual matchmaking festival tosses them together and expectations start to change, but not everyone is playing fair. There is a solid faith element to the story that brings it all together.
Published by Pegg Thomas
Pegg Thomas lives in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with Michael, her husband of *mumble* years. She creates American stories with real history and fictional characters inspired by her ancestors who immigrated here in the mid-1600s.
Pegg won the 2019 FHL Readers’ Choice Award for novellas, was a double-finalist for the 2019 ACFW Carol Award for novellas, and a finalist for the 2019 ACFW Editor of the Year. She was a finalist in the 2021 FHL Readers’ Choice Award for novellas. Pegg won the 2022 Selah Award for historical romance and placed 2nd with her second entry. She was also a finalist for the 2023 Selah Award and placed 2nd for the 2024 Selah Award. Pegg spent 3 ½ years as the managing editor of Smitten Historical Romance.
When not writing or editing, Pegg can be found in her garden, her kitchen, or sitting at one of her spinning wheels creating yarn to turn into her signature wool shawls.
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