Maddie Dawson

"Marnie MacGraw wants an ordinary life- a husband, kids, and a minivan in the suburbs. Now that she's marrying the man of her dreams, she's sure this is the life she'll get. Then Marnie meets Blix Holliday, her fiancé's irascible matchmaking great-aunt who's dying, and everything changes- just as Blix told her it would. When her marriage ends after two miserable weeks, Marnie is understandably shocked. Marnie doesn't believe she's anything special, but Blix somehow knew she was the perfect person to follow in her matchmaker footsteps. And Blix was also right about some things Marnie must learn the hard way: love is hard to recognize, and the ones who push love away often are the ones who need it most."--book jacket

a novel

Match making for beginners

A funny, warmhearted novel about falling in love, falling apart, and pulling it all together again by the bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners. After three marriages and a lot of living, resilient Billie Slate knows exactly what trouble love can bring. Now she's reinvented herself as the Heartbreak Bunny, an on-call performance artist who can heal anyone who's been burned by that four-letter word, LOVE, by hopping about and whisking away sad mementos from their past relationships. Call it magic. Call it peculiar. But her bunny costume is as perfect as her breakup mantra: SNAP OUT OF IT. As Billie's business goes viral and skyrockets her to sudden fame, her comfortable life turns surreal: her daughter's marriage begins to fail, and Victor, aka Worst Husband Ever, wants not only to bond with the daughter he left but to win Billie back. Only, he's got competition: a charming widower might be falling in love with a woman who no longer believes in love. As every romantic notion Billie had pushed away starts pushing back, the Heartbreak Bunny must confront the possibility that, just maybe, love has some tricks left up its sleeve.

A Novel

Snap Out of It

Let’s Pretend This Will Work

Maddie Dawson, takes the unfathomable ways of love and family, and celebrates [the joys of] the ordinary craziness of being human. Devoted, creative single-mom Jamie McClintock's world is thrown into chaos by the sudden death of Harris, her vibrant, elderly landlord. Not only does she mourn him terribly, but she has to face the unkind gossip about their unorthodox living arrangement (free board in exchange for watching adorable grandson Christopher, her own son's best friend) and assume full responsibility for grieving Christopher, who was left in Harris' care by his estranged, highly successful son, Nate. Then Nate returns to claim his son... and that's when life really gets chaotic...

Kissing Games of the World

Was wäre die Liebe ohne einen Funken Magie? Bei Marnie MacGraw und Patrick Delaney ist eigentlich alles perfekt, denn sie sind verliebt und auch wenn sie beide nicht perfekt sind – umso perfekter passen sie zusammen. Doch nach und nach ziehen Wolken am Beziehungshimmel auf. Marnie möchte heiraten und Kinder haben und wirft sich voller Überschwang in ihr gemeinsames Leben. Patrick hingegen kämpft wieder und wieder mit den Dämonen seiner Vergangenheit und verfällt immer mehr ins Grübeln. Bis es eines Tages an der Tür klingelt und dort die achtjährige, quirlige Fritzie steht – eine Überraschung aus Patricks altem Leben. Niemals hätte er gedacht, dass er eine Tochter haben könnte. Es war doch nur ein One-Night-Stand und jetzt ist er auf einmal Vater? Marnie stellt sich der neuen Situation. Zwar hatte sie sich ihre eigene Familie anders vorgestellt, aber immerhin sind sie jetzt eine kleine Familie! Patricks Angst verletzt zu werden wird jedoch größer und größer und er verschließt sich zusehends. Bald stellt sich heraus: wo sie beide vorher wie Puzzleteile ein perfektes Ganzes ergaben, so wenig passen sie nun zusammen. Marnie ist verzweifelt. Wie kann sie weiterhin auf die Magie des Universums vertrauen, wenn es ihr nun ihr hart erkämpftes Glück wieder nehmen will?

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