The Irish Matchmaker

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 on a hobby farm in Northern Michigan with Michael, her husband of *mumble* years. They raise sheep and chickens; keep a few barn cats, and Murphy the spoiled rotten dog. A life-long history geek, she writes “History with a Touch of Humor.” Pegg is published in the Barbour historical romance collections. Pegg also works as Publisher of Smitten Historical Romance, an imprint of Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas. When not working or writing, Pegg can be found in her barn, her garden, her kitchen, or sitting at her spinning wheel creating yarn to turn into her signature wool shawls. Pegg won the Romance Writers of America's Faith, Hope, & Love Award for 2019, was a finalist for the 2019 ACFW Editor of the Year, and a double finalist for the 2019 ACFW Carol Awards. View more posts