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    The Husband List: A Harbor Falls Romance, #9
    The Husband List: A Harbor Falls Romance, #9
    The Husband List: A Harbor Falls Romance, #9
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    The Husband List: A Harbor Falls Romance, #9

    By Maddie James

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    When Suzie Hart's success as the matchmaking chef hits the national foodie scene, her publicist produces a list of requirements totally unrelated to Suzie's newfound cooking show success. Interested more in Suzie's matchmaking talents, Patricia Plum presents, The Husband List.

     

    Patricia Plum knows she's attracted to commitment-phobic men. Worse, they are attracted to her. Unlucky on her own in the couples department, she asks her new client for help. If Suzie Hart is as good as everyone claims, Patricia feels confident this hot new chef-turned-matchmaker will deliver the husband of her dreams. Just to move things along, Patricia presents Suzie with a specific list of husband requirements.

     

    Ames Cooper is Patricia's commitment-phonic ex-boyfriend who screwed up royally in the past (both literally and figuratively) and watched her walk out of his life. He's a dozen years her junior and doesn't meet any of the requirements on her husband list because he's the exact opposite of every point on her list—not to mention the reason she compiled the list to begin with.

     

    When photographer, Ames Cooper, steps into the photo shoot for Suzie's new cookbook and sees Patricia again, he realizes why his heart felt so empty these past three years. He regrets his past indiscretions and wonders how he can make things right with Patricia.

     

    Will Patricia let him get close enough to prove he can be husband material, after all? And can matchmaker, Suzie Hart, really deliver Patricia's perfect mate to order?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSand Dune Books
    Release dateJun 26, 2018
    ISBN9781622374854
    The Husband List: A Harbor Falls Romance, #9
    Author

    Maddie James

    Maddie James writes stories from the heartland, from small towns to ranches. As M.L. Jameson, she pens gritty paranormal and romantic suspense. Madeleine Jaimes writes upmarket women’s fiction focused on friendships and relationships. In 2022, Maddie celebrated her 25th year of publishing romance fiction, with nearly 80 published titles to date. Affair de Coeur claimed Maddie, “shows a special talent for traditional romance,” and RT Book Reviews said, “James deftly combines romance and suspense, so hope on for an exhilarating ride.”

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      The Husband List - Maddie James

      The Husband List

      A Harbor Falls Romance, Book 9

      Sweet Hart Inn

      When Suzie Hart’s success as the matchmaking chef hits the national foodie scene, her publicist produces a list of requirements totally unrelated to Suzie’s newfound cooking show success. Interested more in Suzie’s matchmaking talents, Patricia Plum presents, The Husband List.

      Patricia Plum knows she’s attracted to commitment-phobic men. Worse, they are attracted to her. Unlucky on her own in the couples department, she asks her new client for help. If Suzie Hart is as good as everyone claims, Patricia feels confident this hot new chef-turned-matchmaker will deliver the husband of her dreams. Just to move things along, Patricia presents Suzie with a specific list of husband requirements.

      Ames Cooper is Patricia’s commitment-phonic ex-boyfriend who screwed up royally in the past (both literally and figuratively) and watched her walk out of his life. He’s a dozen years her junior and doesn’t meet any of the requirements on her husband list because he’s the exact opposite of every point on her list—not to mention the reason she compiled the list to begin with.

      When photographer, Ames Cooper, steps into the photo shoot for Suzie’s new cookbook and sees Patricia again, he realizes why his heart felt so empty these past three years. He regrets his past indiscretions and wonders how he can make things right with Patricia.

      Will Patricia let him get close enough to prove he can be husband material, after all? And can matchmaker, Suzie Hart, really deliver Patricia’s perfect mate to order?

      ​Cast of Characters

      Main Characters

      Ames Cooper

      Patricia Plum

      Old friends you will see again

      Suzie Hart Matthews

      Brad Matthews

      ​Patricia Plum’s Husband List

      1. Clean-cut.*

      2. Older than 35.*

      3. Must be ready to commit.*

      4. Preferably no past relationship baggage. (e.g., no clingy or dependent ex’s, no hovering mother, and no secret babies—ideally no kids at all)

      5. Does not work in the Food or TV industry (and that definitely means Channeling Food).

      6. No ick factors* (e.g., foot fetish, bad breath or hygiene, sex in public places, etc...).

      7. Drop-dead gorgeous. Clean-cut. Did I mention that?

      8. Has an established, lucrative career/business/profession—in other words, supports self/has money.*

      9. Catholic.* (or my mother will be difficult)

      10. Must love sushi.

      *non-negotiable

      BONUS! Kisses like a dream.

      ​Chapter One

      Suzie Hart Matthews breathed deep, held that breath for two full seconds, and then relaxed with a lengthy sigh. Staring at the Manhattan high-rise to her right, her gaze steadily rose as she peered out from the grimy cab window. The light changed and the cab jerked, her body scooting forward on the worn-shiny leather seat, then falling back again.

      Music and lyrics circled inside her head.

      Start spreading the news...

      Da-da-da-DA-Daaaa.

      I want to, da-da-DA-da-DA, New York, New York...

      I’m a part of it, she whispered.

      What honey?

      Suzie hadn’t realized she’d said that out loud. Glancing to her left, she took in Patricia Plum’s smile. Patricia was the producer of her new show and quickly becoming a very good friend.

      Nothing. Just mumbling to myself.

      Ah. Patricia turned to look out her window, and Suzie followed suit on her side of the cab. Can you believe you are here?

      Inhaling deep, Suzie smiled at the window. No. No, I can’t.

      It had been a whirlwind, fairytale time. Three years ago, she was struggling through a divorce, and trying to start her cooking classes and get Sweet Hart Inn off the ground, all while dabbling with the notion of writing her first cookbook. She was making progress on all counts and happy. Then Brad came back into her life, turned things topsy-turvy for a while, and then they finally got married and had their little boy, Petey. She got an agent, then a contract, then a publicist, and her first cookbook became a bestseller.

      And now... Now this! Her own television show!

      Pinch me.

      Believe it, sweetie. Life is good.

      She glanced again at Patricia, her publicist who had generally turned into her manager and confidant, and smiled. She’d also became a good friend. Patricia’s head rested against the back of the seat. Her eyes closed, she wore a slight smile on her face.

      Good for you, too, Patricia?

      She nodded and smiled bigger. "Your Matchmaking Chef show is going to be hot. It’s going to be good for all of us. I am so glad we connected!"

      Then, Patricia started humming from her side of the cab.

      Suzie guessed happiness was catching. Patricia did seem quite cheerful yesterday when she had picked Suzie up at the airport and as they shared dinner last night. She was excited about the show, of course, but there was a simple calm about her—not the frenzy they had all experienced back home in Harbor Falls, North Carolina during the initial shoot for the pilot—but something totally different. Relaxed, maybe.

      Perhaps it was because Patricia was in New York. In her element.

      She smiled at her new friend’s off-tune humming. It was a different song from Suzie’s, although she couldn’t quite make out what it was, because her own tune kept running through her ears.

      Earwigs, they call those. Right? When you can’t get a song out of your head?

      Ba-da-DA-da-Daaaaaa...

      Start spreading the news...

      I’m gonna be a star, she whispered, absolutely certain she was up for it.

      ****

      The pointed toes of Patricia Plum’s candy apple-red Jimmy Choo heels tapped out a rhythm on the vinyl floor mat. The darned tune had been stuck in her brain for the past two days, when she’d come up with a harebrained scheme that she had yet to slide by Suzie.

      Ta-ta-ta, Ta-ta-ta, Ta-Ta-TA-TA!

      Ta-Ta-TA-TA!

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