A Match in the Making by Jen Turano - The Matchmakers, book 1

Miss Gwendolyn Brinley accepted a temporary paid companion position for the Newport summer season, believing it would be a lark to spend the summer in America's most exclusive town. She suddenly finds her summer turning anything but amusing when her employer expects her to take over responsibilities as an assistant matchmaker. Tasked with the daunting prospect of attaining advantageous matches for her clients, Gwendolyn soon finds herself in the company of Mr. Walter Townsend, the catch of the Season, but a gentleman Gwendolyn finds beyond annoying. Walter is reluctantly in search of a wife for his unruly motherless children. What he wasn't expecting was Miss Brinley, who turns his quest for a new wife into a complete and utter debacle. The more time they spend together throughout the Newport Season, the harder it is for Gwendolyn to find Walter a wife when she realizes his perfect match might be . . . her. 

Jen Turano certainly knows how to write comedy, especially anything involving animals. The church scene with Rat the guinea pig was so funny. Read this book for that scene alone.

Gwendolyn reminded me a lot of Mary Poppins, if Mary Poppins had turned down the nannying job but couldn't resist taking the kids in hand and fixing their relationship with their father anyway (well, and then marrying said father). She's got the same firm but loving hand, and while she won't hesitate to speak hard truths, she doesn't do it with malice--she still is ultimately trying to help even those who have treated her poorly. Walter was a bit slow on the uptake, but he made it the end; he's pretty disconnected with a lot of things at the beginning--family, feelings, you name it--but he does indeed get his priorities straight. I look forward to the next book!

Thank you Bethany House and NetGalley for the complimentary e-book. I was not required to write a positive review, and all opinions are my own.

The Matchmakers
1. A Match in the Making
2. To Spark a Match