Make Me A Match by Diana Holquist

Cecelia Burns finally has the life she's always wanted. She's a cardiologist in a thriving practice. She's engaged to a stable and reliable man. And she's completely abandoned her gypsy past of small-time cons and psychic powers. But at her engagement party, Cecelia's little sister bursts in and tips her perfectly organized world upside down.

Amy has one psychic power - the ability to read the name of a person's one true love. Even though Amy swore she'd never tell Cecelia her named, she reveals its Finn Franklin Concord. And that certainly isn't Cecelia's fiancee's name. But even worse, Amy swears Finn's name is fading which means he's dying. Cecelia couldn't care less about finding her true love, but she doesn't want a dead man on her conscience. So she sends a letter to every single Finn Concord...then runs into most gorgeous man she's ever seen. 

Finn Concord has his own problems. His daughter Maya has insisted they come to Baltimore so she can meet her adopt-a-grandmother and he just doesn't have the heart to say no. But when a beautiful cardiologist tells him to go to a doctor now, he's intrigued...and a bit smitten. As worlds collide and people are crossed and double-crossed, love blossoms and passion burns between Finn and Cecelia. But is this Finn her one true love?

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It took me a while to get into this book and I suppose that should have been some indication of the story as a whole. It wasn't hard to finish but I felt little to no emotional connection with the stories or the characters.

I wanted to like Cecelia but she was a little uptight and mean, especially to her sister. I know she was supposed to be like that and loosen up as the novel progressed but she was just very hard to like at times. I also didn't think her reactions rang true and I wondered if Finn would be better off without her. Finn was a little more likeable as a rugged construction worker but I felt he wasn't strong enough to handle Cecelia and he was obviously so hung up on his first wife that I didn't think he was ready to move on.

The psychic stuff and the storyline overall was fine and handled well it was just that everything was too convenient and too bizarre to make it believable, even with the magic.

I finished this book and was rooting for the characters but in the end it just didn't do much for me. A good read if it's on your bookshelf but nothing I would run out and recommend. 3 stars.

This book is followed by Jasmine's story in Sexiest Man Alive and Amy's story in Hungry for More.

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368 pages

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