In THE MATCHMAKERS OF BUTTERNUT CREEK there's a group of elderly ladies, known as the Widows who are meddling and pushing to find a suitable wife for the new young pastor, Adam Jordan.  The Widows are the ones in the community who see to it that the food pantry is well stocked, that the sick are ministered to, the fundraisers are successful and most of all oversee the love life of all the town's residents. They have been fairly successful up until now.  There really are no single ladies in town to hook up the pastor with but that doesn't stop the widows. They are determined to find the pastor a wife. I felt bad for Pastor Adam, because the widows just wouldn't leave him alone.

When a likely candidate is found in college freshman, Gussie Milton, the Widows get to work making arrangements for the two to have time to get to know one another, to socialize and to see that love is a possibility for them both.  They have no qualms about applying pressure to these two people and will stop at nothing to see them get together.  Because of things that happened in her past, Gussie is  a bit hesitant to let Pastor Adam know how she feels.  If the widows leave her alone long enough she just might come around and let him know she is interested in him. Every time pastor Adam turns around, the widows are in his office wanting to know every single detail of what happened between him and Gussie. One day  Pastor Adam decides to turn up the heat and drives to Gussie's job to bring her flowers.  She  doesn't let on that she loves them. She is both terrified and delighted.  She wants love more than anything in the world. And less than anything.  Can Pastor Adam break down the walls she  has built around her heart?

I did not want to put this book down. I got all wrapped up in everyone's lives and had to know what was going to happen next. Butternut Creek is one of those small towns where everyone knows everyone else's business. This book left me wanting to read more of the series to see what happened to all the people Id grown to care about.   THE MATCHMAKERS OF BUTTERNUT CREEK is book two and starts where the first book, The Welcome Committee of Butternut Creek leaves off. I can't wait to read more by Jane Myers Perrine.