AN UNDAUNTED MATCHMAKER - Anne Greene - One Free Book

Welcome back, Anne. Do you have a favorite genre to write? If so, what is it? I love to write Historical Romance and Suspense. As a result, my historical romances usually have a touch of suspense.

If you didn’t live in the part of the country where you do, where would you live? I would live in beautiful Florida with its sunny skies almost every day and its lush vegetation.

What foreign country would you like to visit and why? I have visited twenty foreign countries but have never been to the Greek Isles. I was scheduled to tour the Greek Isles in 2020, but we all know what happened to that plan. I’d love to set a book on one of the islands because there is so much beauty there.

Describe what you think would be the most romantic vacation you could take. Again, I mention the Greek Islands. The water is so beautiful, and the white red-tile roofed houses built on the sides the hills are so picturesque. I love Greek food and music. I think a vacation there would make memories to last a lifetime.

Where would you like to set a story that you haven’t done yet? You’re going to get tired of my mentioning the Greek Islands, but yes, I’d love to set a story there. My next story I’m writing is working title, The Virgins, set in the American Virgin Islands which has so much history and mystery attached to them, I can’t resist a story set there.

What is the main theme of this novel? Proverbs 16:9 – A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. NKJV – In other words – God is in control.             

Tell us about the story.     

AN UNDAUNTED MATCHMAKER Not everything that glitters is gold in California gold rush country. Eve Molloy passionately imports six young ladies from the San Francisco Hibernia Orphanage to Eureka, California, to meet the loves of their lives. But Eve refuses to prospect that gold mine herself. Eve is determined to return to the orphanage and bring six more young ladies waiting their turn to match with a husband.

Problem is, Eve travelled to the gold rush boomtown expecting to link up with her uncle who financed her trip. But robbers murder Eve’s uncle, which leaves her penniless and stranded in the woman-hungry town. 

Rafe Riley, a wealthy mortician, fights to overcome the galaxy of males desiring to marry Eve. But the independent Irish matchmaker has no desire to lose her freedom and hates the mortuary business. She prefers working a gold mining claim.

Does the Ultimate Matchmaker have a different plan for Eve?

Please give us the first page of the book.

1850 – Eureka, California

“I said hands up, lady!”

“Who are you? What do you want?” Eve Molloy grabbed one of the four posters of the bed and glared at the two masked men who’d forced their way through the door into her rented room.

Downstairs, clatters, clangs, and voices rose and fell as the other boarders ate dinner at the long dining table. If she screamed, they would not hear.

The taller intruder towered above her. He jerked her hands from the poster, backed her against the room’s striped wallpaper, his putrid exhalations polluting her senses, and slapped her cheek. Her head banged against the wall.

She gasped. The sting took her breath away.

He kicked the door closed behind him with a dusty, booted foot. “Shut up.”

The dinner racket from below faded. The invader who slapped her pressed a long six-shooter to her temple. Cold gray eyes skewered her. The red bandanna covering the lower part of his face quivered. “Don’t scream, and you won’t get hurt.”

Her stomach churned into knots. His dead eyes promised he would kill her. She needed her money to return to her job at the San Francisco Hibernia Orphanage, but she dare not risk her life. Six other precious girls at the orphanage depended on her return, and she would rescue them as she had the prospective brides this trip. So, she shook her head and whispered, “I won’t scream.”

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Thank you, Lena, for this opportunity to talk with your readers.

You’re welcome. I love your books.

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