The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand is an unabridged novel published by Little, Brown & Company on June 10, 2014. This edition spans 13 pages and is presented in English. The story follows 48-year-old Dabney Kimball Beech, a Nantucket resident known for her exceptional matchmaking skills. While some view her talent as mystical, others, including her husband and daughter, see it as meddling. Despite her success in uniting 42 couples, Dabney grapples with her own romantic past when her first love, Clendenin Hughes, returns to the island after 27 years.
Readers will find a narrative that explores themes of family life, romance, and the complexities of personal relationships. As Dabney navigates her feelings for Clen and confronts the challenges of her own second chance at love, the story delves into the intricacies of domestic life and the emotional weight of choices made. This contemporary tale captures the essence of psychological and women’s fiction, inviting readers to reflect on love, loss, and the bonds that tie us together.
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A touching new novel from bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand in which a woman sets out to find love for those closest to her – before it’s too late. 48-year-old Nantucketer Dabney Kimball Beech has always had a gift for matchmaking. Some call her ability mystical, while others – like her husband, celebrated economist John Boxmiller Beech, and her daughter, Agnes, who is clearly engaged to the wrong man – call it meddlesome, but there’s no arguing with her results: With 42 happy couples to her credit and all of them still together, Dabney has never been wrong about romance. Never, that is, except in the case of herself and Clendenin Hughes, the green-eyed boy who took her heart with him long ago when he left the island to pursue his dream of becoming a journalist. Now, after spending 27 years on the other side of the world, Clen is back on Nantucket, and Dabney has never felt so confused, or so alive. But when tragedy threatens her own second chance, Dabney must face the choices she’s
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