I quite enjoyed learning more about Francesca and watching her matchmaking at work. I'm looking forward to reading the others in the series soon. The ending felt a bit rushed and almost a bit too neat, but overall I really enjoyed it. This story doesn't really hsve any surprises, but it is a well-written and fun read. Dominic is, of course, above Constance socially to complicate matters, his family is in financial straits and need him to marry well. Little does Francesca know, but that same night Constance actually meets her "prince" on her own-Francesca's brother. The Duke of Rochford takes her up on her wager, selecting Constance out of the crowd to be the focus of Francesca's efforts. Lady Francsca, a young widow who has had some success in helping society parents find matches for their daughters, makes a comment while at a ball that she could get any girl married. Enter Lady Francesca Haughston, Constance's fairy godmother. Her aunt displays traditional "evil stepmother" tendencies, pressuring Constance to dress in drab, matronly clothing and ensuring that she is so busy tending to her daughters that she has no time to attempt to carve out a life for hersefl. Constance Woodley, on the shelf at twenty-nine, is in London for the first time only to act as a companion to her two spoiled younger cousins. The first in the Matchmakers series has a definite Cinderella-like flavor.
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