Not Always Happenstance (Power of the Matchmaker) by Rachael Anderson

Not Always Happenstance (Power of the Matchmaker) by Rachael Anderson

“The Power of the Matchmaker” series is a 12 book series, with one book releasing each month during 2016. They are all stand alone books, but they do all include the matchmaker, Pearl, who isn’t restricted by time boundaries. Pearl is introduced in the prequel novella matchmaker series book.

The story starts out with introducing the male character of the story-Easton, who loves to travel and who takes companionship from women and then leaves without saying goodbye. He uses the women for their travel knowledge to write his travel blog as he visits different areas around the world. He doesn’t like staying in one place for very long and doesn’t like commitments or saying goodbyes. I immediately disliked him.

Chapter 2 introduces Lani who is currently living in Hawaii to help her grandmother with her Bed and Breakfast, instead of living in California close to her fiancee. Lani has been in Hawaii for over 2 years now and has made it her home and loves the people, but her fiancee wants her to make a decision and move back home.

Easton comes to stay at the Bed and Breakfast but is very secretive as to why hes there but makes it clear he wants to get to know Lani better.

I love that Lani is very straightforward with Easton and tells him that she is not a vacation fling to be used and then cast aside without a goodbye.

As the story progresses, I grew to like Eason better. Lani’s grandmother and the mysterious Asian women Pearl seem to like him and try every chance they get to push the two of them together.

They both love adventure, exploring and finding joy in God’s creations and the outdoors. I was happy how the ending turned out, but didn’t feel it was very realistic to “real life”.

I enjoyed this clean, fun story and can’t wait to read more “Power of the Matchmaker” books this year!

I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review on my blog and social media-all opinions are my own.

“Power of the Matchmaker” prequel novella to the Matchmaker series REVIEW:
http://empowermoms.net/2016/01/power-of-the-matchmaker.html

“Broken Things to Mend” (Power of the Matchmaker)by Karey White REVIEW:
http://empowermoms.net/2016/03/broken-things-to-mend-power-of-the-matchmakerby-karey-white-book-review.html

Book Description:
Lani has lived in Hana, Hawaii for five years. She’s learned to surf, fish, dive, and manage her grandmother’s bed and breakfast. She’s also learned to take one day at a time the way it should be taken—relaxed and unrushed, savoring every moment.

But, like a large wave on the brink of breaking, her life is about to crash out of control. A proposal of marriage, a conniving grandmother, a cryptic Asian woman, and a handsome guest, and suddenly everything calm begins to churn, everything clear becomes confused, and all that was normal segues into peculiar.

As Lani struggles against the current to hold her ground, she realizes that she can either continue to fight and eventually lose, or take a take a leap of faith, hold her breath, and ride the wave wherever it takes her.

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