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Agences de rencontres Romans, nouvelles, etc Dating (Social customs) Fiction Dating services Dating services Fiction Edinburgh (Scotland) Fiction London (England) History 20th century Fiction Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Fiction Murder Fiction Women-owned business enterprises FictionJune, Jason
Summary: Porcupine is determined to play Cupid for his forest friends, but his "arrows" only anger them until he finds another way to bring them together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JUNPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: Although she is the best matchmaker in the neighborhood, Jerome's Bubbie has a hard time finding a match for the fussy Mr. Sussman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: je polChao, Gloria
Summary: Chloe Wang is nervous to introduce her parents to her boyfriend, because the truth is, she hasn't met him yet either. She hired him from Rent for Your 'Rents, a company specializing in providing fake boyfriends trained to impress even the most traditional Asian parents. Drew Chan's passion is art, but after his parents cut him off for dropping out of college to pursue his dreams, he became a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHATaddeo, Lisa
Summary: "Behind anonymous screens, an army of cool and beautiful girls manage the dating service Ghost Lover, a forwarding system for text messages that promises to spare you the anguish of trying to stay composed while communicating with your crush. At a star-studded political fundraiser in a Los Angeles mansion, a trio of women compete to win the heart of the slick guest of honor. In a tense hospital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TADConfino, Sara Goodman
Summary: When Marilyn Kleinman is caught making out with the rabbi's son in front of the whole congregation, her parents ship her off to her great-aunt Ada for the summer. If anyone can save their daughter’s reputation, it's Philadelphia’s strict premier matchmaker. Either that or Marilyn can kiss college goodbye. To Marilyn's surprise, Ada's not the humorless septuagenarian her mother described. Not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2023
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Summary: "The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she's an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2023
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC HAZHeller, Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HELJessen, Lauren Kung
Summary: "Olivia Huang Christenson is excited-slash-terrified to be taking over her grandmother's matchmaking business. But when she learns that a new dating app has taken her Pó Po's traditional Chinese zodiac approach and made it about "animal attraction," her emotions skew more toward furious-slash-outraged. Especially when L.A.'s most-eligible bachelor Bennett O'Brien is behind the app that could...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JESHenwood Hoen, Tory
Summary: "A thirty-five-year-old Ursula Byrne, "VP of Strategic Audacity" at a branding agency in Manhattan, is successful, witty, whip-smart, and single. She's tried all the dating apps, and let's just say: she's underwhelmed by her options. You'd think that by now someone would have come up with something more bespoke; a way for users to be more tailored about who and what they want in a life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HENBrowne, Hester.
Summary: Entreated by her grandmother to help reform playboy Prince Nicolas, girlfriend-for-hire Melissa is supported in her endeavor by her fiance, but finds the task more daunting than anticipated when her client changes her romantic perspectives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROChapman, Julia
Summary: Delilah Metcalfe, the owner of The Dales Dating Agency, is besieged by financial concerns, struggling to keep two businesses afloat and a roof over her head. She has no choice, but to accept Samson O Brien as a new tenant for her office space.Dismissed from the police force and facing criminal prosecution, Samson has returned to his home town to set up a detective agency while he fights to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017
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Summary: Anabelle Granger endeavors to promote her grandmother's matchmaking business by landing sports agent Heath Champion as a client, an effort that is challenged by Heath's arrogant nature and Annabelle's own unexpected feelings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PHIMeltzer, Jean
Summary: As the creator and CEO of the popular Jewish dating app J-Mate, matchmaker Dara Rabinowitz knows the formula for lasting love, at least, for everyone else. When it comes to her own love life, she's been idling indefinitely. Until her beloved bubbe shares Dara's checklist for "The Perfect Jewish Husband" on national television and charming news anchor Chris Steadfast proposes they turn Dara's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2022
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC MELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MELMontclair, Allison
Summary: "Business becomes personal for the Right Sort Marriage Bureau when a new client, a brutal murder, two kidnappings, and the recently returned from Africa Lord Bainbridge threatens everything that one of the principals holds dear ..."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MONHazelwood, Ali
Summary: Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain. The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, shes an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HAZAtwood, Megan
Summary: Lizzie reluctantly goes along with a series of matchmaking schemes, even though she is not sure the couples actually want their help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ATWBrowne, Hester.
Summary: Hilarious and warmhearted, this "deliciously addictive" (Cosmopolitan) debut romantic comedy stars a woman who goes from doormat to diva when she sets up shop as the ultimate freelance girlfriend. Melissa Romney-Jones can bake a perfect sponge cake, type her little heart out, and plan a party blindfolded. But none of that has helped her get far in life or in love. When she gets fired -- again...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROCamp, Candace.
Summary: Lady Francesca Haughston had given up on romance for herself, finding passion instead in making desirable matches for others. So it seemed only fair, when she learned she had been deceived into breaking her own long-ago engagement to Sinclair, Duke of Rochford, that she now help him find the perfect wife. Of course, Francesca was certain any spark of passion between them had long since died....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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Summary: Clara Martinez knows what it takes to make a good match. So when her school assigns a project to create a business from scratch, Clara decides to start a matchmaking service for her fellow classmates. But things get complicated when Clara starts receiving mysterious notes and sweet gifts in her locker. Clara has a secret admirer! But she has no clue who it could be... Despite being a love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC MEYCastle, Jayne
Summary: If there's something Ravenna Chastain knows, it's when to end things. After almost becoming the victim of a cult that believes she's a witch, Ravenna leaves her old life to become a matchmaker. After failing to find a match for Ethan Sweetwater, she agrees to be his date for a business function, where things heat up and their relationship becomes more complicated.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CASLoigman, Lynda Cohen
Summary: "Is finding true love a calling or a curse? Even as a child in 1910, Sara Glikman knows her gift: she is a maker of matches and a seeker of soulmates. But among the pushcart-crowded streets of New York's Lower East Side, Sara's vocation is dominated by devout older men-men who see a talented female matchmaker as a dangerous threat to their traditions and livelihood. After making matches in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction LoigmanMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "As the new manager of The Perfect Passion Company at No. 24 Mouse Lane in New Town, Katie Donald has made it her mission to provide help to the lovelorn citizens of Edinburgh. With the help of her amiable and handsome office neighbor William Kidd, she finds herself making matches for the lonely hearts of Edinburgh who want a more personal touch. In this tale, Katie helps an airline pilot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Summary: In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business venture - The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are Miss Iris Sparks, a woman with a dangerous - and never discussed - past in British intelligence and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, a war widow with a young son entangled in a complicated aristocratic family....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MONMontclair, Allison
Summary: "Allison Montclair returns with The Unkept Woman, the fourth Sparks & Bainbridge mystery: London, 1946, Miss Iris Sparks - currently co-proprietor of the Right Sort Marriage Bureau - has to deal with aspects of her past exploits during the recent war that have come back around to haunt her. The Right Sort Marriage Bureau was founded in 1946 by two disparate individuals - Mrs. Gwendolyn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2022