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  PERFECT MATCH Amore Matchmaking - Book Four by Pandora Pine Release Date: December 13, 2022 Review Baby Brando manages to make his own love match in this final book in the Amore Matchmaking series. It’s taken a long time for Brando to come into his own. Being the baby of 4 brothers is not an easy place to make your own mark. Especially in the wake of their beloved father’s death.  When he meets Jagger, the beautiful ex-marine comes into his life and seeks help from Brando’s matchmaking services, he finds it hard to come up with a match that isn’t himself.  Jagger is trying to move on from the death of his fiance, whom he lost in action overseas. He’s ready, but that doesn’t make it easy. No matter how drawn he is to the talkative man, he finds himself struggling to give himself completely. Brando is going to need patience. Not his strong suit! This was a lovely ending for this beautiful (if slightly wild) and loving family that solves all their problems over food and ha...

  LOVE MATCH Amore Matchmaking - Book Three by Pandora Pine Release Date: September 9, 2022 Review Geez, Nero’s story is so horrible, and maddening. His friends and ex from the theatre world were absolutely dreadful and selfish. I want to take a wooden spoon to them all, right along with his mother! Fallon's fall from Hollywood's grace was predictable, fame is a dangerous and destructive world for many. Especially those who find their self-worth in others' appreciation.  So when these two are pitted against each other in auditions, it’s no wonder they can’t stand the other.  Until they find themselves on the same side, working for a common goal. Then they start to let the other in and explore what’s been brewing between them. Fallon will probably piss you off more than once, his need for the love and acceptance of fame blinds him and makes him do stupid things. But in the end, this fast and furious love brings to their happy ending and another love match in the books for ...

  GRUDGE MATCH Amore Matchmaking - Book Two by Pandora Pine Release Date: April 12, 2022 Review I love a second chance romance, and 17 years later, Fio, our gentleman farmer, and True, our reluctant banker get another chance.  True didn’t just walk away all those years ago, he shattered Fio’s heart. But neither of them has really been able to let go of their first love. Now that True is back, at the helm of the bank his father once ran, he’s back in Fio’s life, given that he needs a loan from his bank. But if the animals are going to get the sanctuary they desperately need, Fio and Tru are going to need to let go of the past hurt. And maybe they’ll also find that they are still ‘the ones’. Of course, they’ll also have to admit that Brando and his Amore Matchmaking biz, successfully made another perfect match. I love and enjoyed these two. Fio is such a nice guy, with a love of animals in need of a home and a family.  A True is also in need of a family to love him. They we...

  SHOUTING MATCH Amore Matchmaking - Book One by Pandora Pine Release Date: January 11, 2022 Review Being the oldest son of an Italian family, after the patriarch dies isn’t easy.  There’s his father's restaurant to run and his mother and three brothers to look out for. In turn, Capone has no personal life of his own. When he is baby brother Brando (the wild child) decides his latest venture is going to be Amore Matchmaking, he sets his sights on Capone’s love life. Those sights include Fuller, a local police detective, who’s kept his love life simple since his ex turned a little too obsessive. Now, these two have the town invested in their love life, not to mention a busy restaurant to run, and a town to protect. It’s a lot to contend with, and they will have to figure out if they can take the heat.  This is a fun story, with a boisterous Italian family in the middle of everything, and some drama to make sure these two really have what it takes to have the happy ever aft...