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Dabney Kimball Beech, a 48‑year‑old Nantucketer and celebrated matchmaker, has guided 42 couples to lasting happiness. Her skill, praised and sometimes called mystical, lives through her clients and her own family—husband John and daughter Agnes. Yet her own heart has long lingered on Clendenin Hughes, a green‑eyed boy who left the island to chase a journalism career. After twenty‑seven years abroad, Clen returns to Nantucket, and Dabney’s world turns upside down. Faced with a new tragedy that threatens her second chance at love, she must decide whether to continue her role as matchmaker for others or pursue her own happiness, all while revealing painful family secrets.
First publish date: 2021
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Elin Hilderbrand
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