The Matchmaker and The Marine A Clean Later in Life Romance: It's Just Coffee

Lucinda Race

Mar 2020 · MC Two Press

About this ebook

Enjoy this clean, small town, later in life romance by award winning and bestselling author, Lucinda Race.

She vowed never to love again. He swore his time in service to America stole his ability to love. Can undeniable chemistry overcome their fears? 

Widowed matchmaker Melinda Phillips wants everyone to experience the kind of love she lost. She's committed to a solitary life in her small East Coast town, but her skill at pairing couples has enabled her business to thrive. But when she falls into the arms of a handsome Marine at a client’s wedding, she can't help but feel something shift.

The loss of Adam Bell's leg is a constant reminder of the men he couldn’t save. After his girlfriend rejected him while he was recovering in rehab, Adam pledged to protect his heart as fiercely as he defended his country. But the chivalrous rescue of the lovely Melinda causes him to wonder if he gave up on love too soon.

When Adam hires Melinda to find the woman of his dreams, she’s surprised to discover she is his ideal candidate. But as their relationship blossoms, the tortured former serviceman believes the emotional toll of his war experience will cost him everything, again.

Can two broken souls let go of their traumatic pasts to give happiness a second chance?

The Matchmaker and The Marine is a standalone novel. A sweet, clean later in life romance story with a guaranteed happily ever after. Happy reading! 

Ratings and reviews

This is a Second Chance Romance and it is Melinda and Adam's Story and it is definitely a must read. Melinda is a successful matchmaker and even though her husband has died she still believes in love and helps other's find there perfect match. Adam is a ex marine and she to what he suffered on his last four but being alone all the time makes it difficult to move forward and even though he wants to find that special someone he is still worried about getting his heart broken again. Melinda and Adam had both suffered loss but of a different kind and they have baggage and secrets but they find friendship in each other even though they are vulnerable because of what they had both been through but can it eventually turn into love. This is a beautiful second chance story about love, loss, friendship and being ready to take a chance on love and I absolutely loved it and I couldn't put it down as the characters and storyline pulled you in and it was written so well and totally engaging that you have to keep turning the pages to see what would happen next and I definitely recommend you read this book and others by Lucinda Race who is an amazing author and writer and her books are definitely worth reading. I Voluntarily Reviewed a copy of this book

About the author

Award winning author Lucinda Race writes about family, love and happily ever afters. 

Award-winning author Lucinda Race is a lifelong fan of romantic fiction. As a young girl, she spent hours reading romance novels and getting lost in the hope they represent. While her friends dreamed of becoming doctors and engineers, her dreams were to become a writer—a romance novelist.

As life twisted and turned, she found herself writing nonfiction but longed to turn to her true passion. After developing the storyline for The Loudon Series, it was time to start living her dream. Her fingers practically fly over computer keys as she weaves stories about strong women and the men who love them. 

Lucinda lives with her husband and their two little dogs, a miniature long hair dachshund and a shitzu mix rescue, in the rolling hills of western Massachusetts. When she's not at her day job, she’s immersed in her fictional worlds. And if she’s not writing romance novels, she’s reading everything she can get her hands on. It’s too bad her husband doesn’t cook, but a very good thing he loves takeout. 

Please visit her website lucindarace.com and sign up for her newsletter and don't forget to follow her on social media.