Meeting His Match by Katee Robert Pages: 200
Published by Entangled, Lovestruck, Macmillan on July 21, 2014
Genres: adult, contemporary, Romance
Source: eARC from Publisher
A satisfying category romance from Entangled's brand new Lovestruck imprint…
When New York matchmaker Addison St. Claire is tasked with matching her best friend's new brother-in-law, she almost refuses. But the sexy southern CEO turns out to be a challenge she can't resist, because if anyone needs to meet his soul mate, it's this man. And if matching him with someone else removes the temptation of being near him? Even better.
The last thing Caine McNeill needs is a matchmaker—especially a gorgeous redhead who spouts nonsense about soul mates, critiques what he drives and how he dresses, buys him a dog, and pesters him about a million little things he couldn't care less about. It's a crying shame he has to keep his hands off because chemistry like what's flaring between them ought to be explored. Thoroughly.
And so the battle begins. Addison is determined to stick to her plan of setting him up on dates with other women, and Caine is equally determined to ignore these women and seduce her.
Meeting his Match is a standalone title, as well as the first book in the Match Me series. It is from Entangled’s Lovestruck line and I think I have found one of my new favorite imprints from Entangled. These books are perfect for when I am in a romantic kind of mood. Ok, let me set the stage for you. Reagan sends her successful professional Matchmaker of a best friend down to help out her brother in law find his soul mate. Caine is a complete workaholic, and hasn’t really made time for anything else in so many years. I really liked the premise of the story, it was simple, but it worked oh so well.
Addison is a force of nature. She just sweeps into Caine’s life and kind of starts mixing everything up. I loved it. It was exactly what he needed. She really was like a breath of fresh air in his life. I was immediately drawn to the fire that they each brought out in the other. Addison has her own sad past that has clouded her view of love. She saw her grandparents beautiful marriage and her grandmother also told her that everyone got their one true sole mate and once you found them, that was it. That was the only person you were meant to have. Addison found her soul mate in her high school sweetheart. She was married to him young and completely happy…until he died overseas. Now she thinks her chance for love is gone, so she sets other people up. She is a very thorough match maker. She even bought Caine a whole little group of fluff ball puppies to make Caine more approachable, and she named them after the ninja turtles. How can you not love that??
I loved Caine. He is a guy that knows what he wants and he is not afraid to put in the hard work for it. He is charming. And when he turned that charm on Addison, I have no idea how she held out as long as she did. Ummm hello…I just want to put in him a room with me and have him call me Darlin’ all day. Yep, that would be great. At first him and Addison completely butt heads, but eventually he comes to like her. And then the real fun begins. Addison puts the breaks on big time, and Caine is so adorable in his attempts to convince her. I just really loved their dynamic. Their chemistry jumped off the page. The story is swoony and sweet and hot at the same time. It is a great story to make you feel good. I loved the dual point of views, and I loved how Addison affected Caine thinking. It was great to see how invested in her he was. Caine makes the list of my book boyfriends for sure.
Meeting His Match is a great premise for a series of standalone romances. I really want to see the story on Caine’s brother. It would have to be a prequel story I guess, so I am not sure how that would work, but his relationship with Reagan is something I want to find more about. Then again, I want to see more of Addison and Caine (and all those cute little puppies!) so I am going to need a bunch more books. Yep, please get on that Katee.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
kindlemom1
I have heard fun things about this one and I definitely want to read it! A prequel sounds like a great idea. Now finding a way to make the author do that might be a different story. 😛
Michelle @ Book Briefs
I know. I am torn. What I really want is both a prequel and some sequels. Because in the prequel I won’t get to see more of Addison and Caine, and I loved them!
Michelle
Oh! I’ve got my eyes set on this book! It sounds like a cute read to me. 🙂
Michelle @ Book Briefs
I am loving the new lovestruck line from entangled! They are just the best feel good romantic books
Laura Greenwood
Hi Michelle! There is a “prequel” about Brock and Regan, its a part of the Wedding Dare series (I got super excited while reading Meeting His Match because it was Brock and Regan!)
Here’s my review/links for Seducing the Bridesmaid, though I did also review two other books in the series and they were both worth a read too! http://a-reader-lives-a-thousand-lives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/blog-tour-seducing-bridesmaid-by-katee.html
kimbacaffeinate
This sounds good Michelle, and I enjoy Entangled books.