Miss Adeline's Match by Joanna Barker

Miss Adeline's Match by Joanna Barker ISBN-13: 9781524408800 Paperback: 263 pages Publisher: Covenant Communications Released: April 1, 2019

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description from Goodreads:
Miss Adeline Hayes is the perfect lady's companion: pleasant, conversational, and unceasingly proper. But when her closest friend, Charity Edgeworth, breaks off her arranged marriage without explanation, even Adeline's superior skills are put to the test. Charity's father banishes the two young women to the country, sending Adeline with a charge to find Charity a husband or suffer dire consequences.

As Adeline takes on the role of reluctant matchmaker, she discovers more than one obstacle in her path. Not only does Charity prefer escaping in books to socializing, but Adeline soon finds her own attentions distracted by the standoffish—and irritatingly handsome—Mr. Evan Whitfield. Amidst an eventful foxhunt and the unexpected arrival of Charity's former betrothed, Adeline simply doesn't have time for a battle of wits with Evan. But the two are continually drawn together until Adeline begins to question her tightly guarded convictions about love and marriage.

However, when secrets are revealed and truths made known, Adeline must face her most fearsome obstacle yet: herself.


My Review:
Miss Adeline's Match is a Regency romance. Charity breaks off her engagement to the man she loves because of something she overheard him say about her. Her father wants her married off, though, so he threatens Adeline, her companion and best friend. If she doesn't get Charity married off to someone soon, her family will lose their house and income. Charity and Adeline go to a house party in the country, and, luckily, a kind, eligible man is available for Adeline's matchmaking schemes. There's also a handsome but frustrating man who tended to quickly (and wrongly) judge Adeline's motives. But he soon showed interest in her as he realized she may not be the shallow socialite he expected.

I cared about what happened to the main characters. We learned very little about the minor characters, but the main characters had some back story and character development. Adeline meant well, but her role was to help Charity take the right actions to secure a match, and no one really appreciates someone constantly directing and correcting them. Adeline made some poor choices that nearly ended in disaster. While we're given several reasons for her major poor choice, I felt she needed a stronger reason to also break her word since it seemed somewhat out of character. Anyway, Adeline and Evan both matured into better people as they helped each other see their flaws and find a desire to improve.

There was no bad language or sex. Overall, I'd recommend this enjoyable romance.


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