Sweet Tibby Mack

Sweet Tibby Mack
Roz Denny Fox

Matchmaker Matchmaker"Settle down for a warm, wonderful read by the talented Roz Denny Fox!"–Kristin HannahHave Matchmakers, Will Marry!Tibby Mack–sweet Tibby Mack. She's twenty-seven, which makes her the youngest resident of Yaqui Springs, a retirement community near California's Salton Sea. The folks there have become her family, her friends…her matchmakers. But since the youngest man in town is sixty-five, the chances of finding Tibby a husband are slim to none.Then…Cole O'Donnell is "enticed" to Yaqui Springs. He meets all the matchmakers' qualifications. Age: 30. Looks: good (make that great!). And he's inherited his grandfather's property. He's the answer to their prayers (though not to Tibby's!).What the matchmakers don't know is that Tibby and Cole have a history. Or that Cole's involved with another woman. Or that Tibby and Cole are at odds over a post office–and a game of golf!What the matchmakers do know is that these two are in love, and that once in a while, love needs a nudge….

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Dear Reader (#ufee68649-6fba-5e97-8092-45667c5ffee9)

Title Page (#u91f848bf-7480-581b-ba8e-4608e54b3252)

Dedication (#u30887f2b-635d-561c-8828-eb616838ff3e)

Prologue (#u0aeb1b57-b93b-5966-b3eb-0edd77c82ee8)

Chapter One (#u2c0649af-677e-522d-b55b-3e88c05f3c35)

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Chapter Three (#u7270b123-7329-58e5-b13b-6f50a7127ab7)

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“My friends, our sweet Tibby is withering on the vine.”

“But Winnie…Ralph Hopple’s the only bachelor in Yaqui Springs,” Henrietta Feeney ventured timidly. “He’s sixty-five if he’s a day. Besides, do you think Tibby wants us meddling in that part of her life?”

Winnie Toliver leaned closer and lowered her voice. “Tibby mustn’t know. We have to find an acceptable single man between the ages of twenty-eight and thirty-five and somehow entice him to settle in Yaqui Springs.”

“Who?” wailed Mabel. “And how?”

“Mabel, you sound like an owl,” Winnie snapped. “I didn’t say it would be easy. It will require a lot of thought and possibly some scouting. Let’s meet again one week from today. I’ll expect everyone to bring some workable suggestions.”

Mabel jumped to her feet and clapped. “Winnie, you’re right! I always said old age and treachery will win out over youth and skill any day!”

Dear Reader (#ulink_7f014a80-5a77-5cbb-83da-3b9ce75eb9dc),

I was delighted to learn that Sweet Tibby Mack is the launch book for Superromance’s in-series promotion, MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER. In some parts of the world, the role of matchmaker is not taken lightly. Official matchmakers present the prospective groom’s offer to the bride’s family and negotiate the dowry. Here, it’s an informal role—usually entered into enthusiastically by well-meaning friends and family members.

Most women have experienced matchmaking, either aggressive or low-key. To many it’s a source of amusement, to others a situation abhorred. But for some it works. My own marriage is the result of my husband’s sister bringing me in as a decoy to break up a relationship he had with another woman. I’m not sure the matchmaker expected her efforts to end in anything as permanent as marriage, however.

But, alas, too often matchmaking doesn’t go as fondly planned. It’s almost always fraught with problems--and frequently backfires, as Tibby Mack’s friends discover when they endeavor to find her the perfect husband.

I hope you enjoy Tibby’s experience—and her matchmakers!

Roz

P.S. I love to hear from readers. Write to me at: P.O. Box 17480-101 Tucson, Arizona 85731

Sweet Tibby Mack

Roz Denny Fox

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

My heartfelt thanks to Gloriajean and Jim Boone for

recounting the joys—and less-than-joyous experiences—connected

with building a public golf course on private land.

May you have smoother sailing on the back nine.

For those readers not fluent in golf’s bewildering language,

I offer the information the

Boones so kindly gave me: