Love at first sight. Itโs a wonderfully romantic notion, but does such a thing
actually exist? When I first met my husband many moons ago I can remember
experiencing a whole range of emotions, but love certainly didnโt come into it!
He was distant, brusque and definitely not my type, but there must have been
something about him that intrigued me because roll on 20+ years and weโre still
happily together.
In my latest romantic comedy,
MOLLY
MATTHEWS MEDDLES IN MARRIAGE, my hero, the international film star, Rory
Campbell, is a firm believer in love at first sight. Not that heโs ever
experienced it for himself, but he can clearly recall his father telling him
about the first time he set eyes on Roryโs mother. โ
I walked into the dance
hall and there she was, over the other side of the room, talking with another
man. I can still picture her now, laughing. She was the most beautiful woman
Iโ
d ever seen. She was wearing a red dress with white spots and it had
a big bow around the middle. She had the most gorgeous strawberry-blonde hair
and the bluest of blue eyes. When she turned to look at me and smiled, I knew in
that moment, that she was the one. The woman I would marry.โ
Molly Matthews takes a more pragmatic view on the subject. With a wealth of
experience at bringing people together, she likes to think she knows everything
there is to know about love. Well, she should do, she runs the most exclusive
marriage bureau in town. When Rory wanders into her office one day professing to
be looking for a wife, Molly is immediately suspicious of his motives. Why would
a famous heartthrob with a legion of fans need to use her services?
Rory turns out to be her trickiest customer to date, causing Molly to question
her own needs and desires, not to mention her professional integrity. Is she
really in a position to be offering advice on the subject of matters of the
heart when her own love life is such a disaster area?
The thing about finding love is that everyoneโs experience is different. Some
people will be lucky enough to sample the wonders of falling in love at first
sight, while for others it might be a slow burn into something more
long-lasting. Some people might need a little help from someone like Molly. It
doesnโt really matter. The fun part is the journey, your own journey into
finding that special person to share your life with.
I really hope youโll enjoy reading about Molly and Roryโs journey.
Jill Steeples lives with her husband, two children and a high maintenance
English Pointer called Amber in a lovely house surrounded by Monkey Puzzle trees
in a small market town in the UK. When sheโs not writing, she loves spending
time with family and friends, and enjoys reading (of course!), films, musical
theatre, walking, baking and eating cakes and drinking wine!
Her short
stories have appeared in anthologies and womenโs magazines around the world and
she is the author of four romantic comedy novels.
Matchmaker extraordinaire Molly Matthews is an expert in love, but her skills
are put to the ultimate test when international heartthrob Rory Campbell waltzes
into her office.
Molly Matthews knows everything there is to know about
love. She should too, she runs the most exclusive marriage bureau in town. So
why, then, is her own love life a complete disaster area?
When Rory
Campbell, the international film star and hell-raising playboy, turns up at
Mollyโs office, she canโt believe heโs looking for a wife. Despite her better
judgment, Molly agrees to help Rory in his quest, but all her attempts at
finding him the perfect woman are met with disdain from her trickiest customer
to date.
Molly is furious that her professional integrity has been
compromised and sheโs allowed her personal feelings to get in the way of a
business relationship.
When photos of Rory appear in the press with Emma
DโSanti, a beautiful pinup and the only woman Molly suspects Rory has ever
loved, she wonders if Rory is wasting her time and playing with her
heart.
Can Molly still find Rory the woman of his dreams while putting her
own burgeoning emotions to one side and hanging on to whatโs left of her
frazzled heart?
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