Series: Matchmaking Chef of Maddie James

[Matchmaking Chef 01] - Perfectly Matched

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Suzie Matthews is busy working on her new cookbook, Perfectly Matched, when she asks the local "wallflower" to help her with her project in an attempt to bring the young woman out of her shell.

Mary Lou Picketts dreams of falling in love with country music star, Nash Rhodes, but knows she'd settle for Thurman Phillips down the street if she had to. But she doesn't want to. Not really.

When Nash comes to Legend for a music benefit and stays at the lodge, Suzie wonders if she can perfectly match this miss-matched couple.

[Matchmaking Chef 02] - Hot Crossed Buns

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Wild Katie Long, she'll never settle down, will she? But Chris Marks has had his eye set on her for a long time. She just doesn't know it yet. When Chris hires Suzie to set him up with a romantic dinner for two, so he can woo Katie in style, Suzie does all she can to set the scene and the mood. Thing is, Katie isn't about to be wooed and she's hotter than hot crossed buns when she figures out what Suzie and Chris are up to.

Then Suzie turns the tables on both of them, when she switches the mood by supplying Chris with a couple of items that just might tame Katie after all - handcuffs and a leather riding crop.

[Matchmaking Chef 03] - Dates du Jour

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Speed dating? Speed eating is more like it. When Suzie sets up lunch date after lunch date for Lyssa Larkin, Legend's homegrown homecoming queen of 1992, she knows she's about bit off more than she can chew. Lyssa inspects and rejects her dates in two bites and then sends them on their way. Suzie wonders if she really wants to date or just eat two lunches, and worries that soon Lyssa's hips won't fit on her dainty chairs.

That is, until Suzie takes a risk with a man the exact opposite of what Lyssa describes as "perfect for her." A man that Lyssa knows, but doesn't know, and is falling for her hard and fast. Suzie just can't help but work some of her matchmaking magic behind the scenes....

[Matchmaking Chef 04] - Side Dish

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Becca North doesn't want a boyfriend, but her BFF Nora certainly does-even if she won't admit it. Becca is so off men.

But when Nora, owner of Nora's Novel Niche, meets Suzie the Matchmaking Chef during a booksigning, she finagles a way for the matchmaker to arrange a picnic lunch date for her-on television, no less! Nora drags Becca along for moral support, and to check out her date.

Thing is, Nora's date would rather check out Becca, instead.

Sam Ackerman is a busy man with a business to run and no time to pursue a relationship. The last thing he needs is to be hooked into a matchmaking scheme played out for the world on national television, but he reluctantly plays along for his friend, Suzie. He knows right away, that his "date" Nora, as beautiful and smart as she is, isn't for him. Her raven-haired BFF hanging around on the sidelines, though, is a tempting candidate.

So, he decides to forgo the entrée and head straight for the side dish.

[Matchmaking Chef 05] - Mate to Order

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When Suzie Matthew's success as the Matchmaking Chef hits the national scene about the same time as her debut cooking show on The Food Channel, her new producer comes to her with a list of requirements--not for Suzie's job, but for a husband.

Patricia Plum has a specific Husband List and if Suzie really wants to make it big in New York City, she'll make every attempt to deliver Patricia's "mate to order."

Ames Cooper, however, has other ideas.

Ames knows he's the exact opposite of any item on Patricia's list, but he also knows that three years earlier, she had him firmly twisted around her little finger. So much so that it scared the hell out of him. Instead of running into her arms, he did a stupid thing and cheated on her. Now, a second chance woo her has landed in his lap--he's been selected as the photographer for Suzie's cookbook--and he's not about to screw up this time.