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An Overdue Match
Christian fiction
An Overdue Match
Book 1 of the Checking Out Love series
320 pages · First published 2025
Librarian Evangeline Kelly loves romance stories but stopped imagining herself as a heroine after alopecia cost her hair and her fiancé ended their engagement. In the small town of Little Creek, she redirects that romantic energy into secretly matchmaking library patrons based on their checkout histories. Tattoo artist Tai Davis discovers her scheme and offers the hometown knowledge she needs on one condition: every match she arranges earns him a date with her. Their bargain challenges Evangeline’s assumptions about Tai and about herself as the matchmaker gradually realizes she may have misread the love story closest to her.
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Family/relationship stress; grief or past emotional wounds; clean romantic content and kissing; workplace/library-related conflict.
Alcohol-Free Pour
Thirty-Story Orange Fizz
A bright, refreshing sip suits romantic anticipation and a little escapism.
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- Fill a glass with ice, add orange juice, top with sparkling water, and stir gently.
- Garnish: Orange wheel.
- Glassware: Highball glass.
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Sloe Gin Fizz
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A crisp botanical pour suits romantic anticipation and a little escapism.
What you'll need
- 2 oz sloe gin
- 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice ↗
- 0.25 oz simple syrup, adjusted to taste ↗
- 2–3 oz club soda ↗
- Ice
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How to mix it
- Shake sloe gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup with ice. Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice, top with club soda, and stir gently.
- Garnish: Lemon wheel.
- Glassware: Highball glass.
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