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Saved by the Matchmaker
Christian romance
Saved by the Matchmaker
Book 2 of the A Shanahan Match series
352 pages · First published 2024
After her annulment, Enya Shanahan is left facing scandal and family pressure in 1849 St. Louis, where a damaged reputation can sharply limit a woman’s future. A matchmaker’s intervention brings her into the orbit of a man whose own circumstances make marriage a practical answer to problems neither can solve alone. Their arrangement offers protection and social stability, but emotional wounds and outside dangers prevent the relationship from remaining merely convenient. The second Shanahan Match novel blends historical detail, faith, family obligation, and marriage-of-convenience romance in a city reshaped by immigration and rapid growth.
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Violence, weapons, and peril · Mild romantic content, including kissing
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