Emma Jane's Guide to Matchmaking the Mayor by Drew Taylor: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own. 

The Book

It’s all fun and games until lifelong family friends accidentally kiss…

Emma Jane Williams—town sweetheart and voted best barista for two years running—has her sights set on a new endeavor: matchmaking. It’s not like it’s hard, right? When the perfect opportunity arises to kickstart her own business, she drags that poor, unfortunate mayor-shaped opportunity kicking and screaming.

Knightley Austen vowed he’d never marry again. But his friend has her mind made up that he needs a woman by his side in order to win reelection as the town mayor. When the first date Emma Jane sends him on is successful, he must decide if she’s truly the woman he needs in his corner.

As schemes from both parties come to a head, will they choose their love of games or their deeply rooted, newly romantic love for one another?

Emma Jane’s Guide to Matchmaking the Mayor is a closed-door modern Emma reimagining full of faith, wit, banter, and bell pepper heat.

The Author

Drew is on a personal mission to bridge the gap between “Christian” media and “Secular” media. She believes objects and concepts cannot be Christian, only people can be. She loves to tell engaging and sizzling romantic stories that are wrapped in reality, humor, and wit without the open doors or on-page cursing.

Drew is from south Mississippi but now resides in Alaska where she attempts to engage 15 and 16-year-olds in classic world literature. When not teaching or writing, she enjoys reading, Bookstagram, baking Christmas goodies (even in the middle of June), researching random history facts, watching K-dramas, and spending quality time with the people who mean the most to her.

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Book Review

Emma Jane's Guide to Matchmaking the Mayor is part of the Love on the Ballot series. This is a multi-author series with each booking being able to be enjoyed in any order or as standalones. 

Small town politics + a friends to more age gap romance? Yes, please! This was such a cute story and a wonderful addition to the Love on the Ballot series. Emma Jane loves to help other people find their match, but due to her PCOS diagnosis, has no plans to ever marry. Knightley is a widower who likewise has no desire to ever marry again... but when it's suggested that he needs someone by his side to help him win his reelection for mayor, Emma Jane sets out to find his perfect match. These two had such a wonderful chemistry together, and I loved seeing their slow transition into something beyond friendship... accidental kisses and all. One of the things that I really love about Drew's books (this one included) is that she creates characters that may be Christian, but certainly are not perfect. They have their flaws and their struggles, but that only makes them more relatable... and has me rooting for their happily ever after all that much more. 

Emma Jane's Guide to Matchmaking the Mayor is a closed-door romance with kisses only and no language. 


You can purchase your copy here: https://amzn.to/4f5FqZC