A Match Made on Madison

by Dee Davis

Book Overview

Manhattan glitterati with a desire to find the perfect mate have a new champion in matchmaker Vanessa Carlson. With her fledgling business giving her biggest rival - friend and mentor Althea Sevalas -... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312357842
• ISBN13: 9780312357849
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Griffin
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Smoothly entertaining modern Emma

Endows one with a healthy distaste for the pretentious socialites style of living, whilst at the same time providing a likeable host of characters. Surrounded by a menagerie of friends, Vanessa runs a young business in matchmaking, and her biggest competition is her old mentor, Althea - a rather ferociously canny matchmaker of old. Genuinely caring about her clients, Vanessa has been makng matches for all the wrong reasons, which work for all the right! Staunchly denying the necessity of LOVE for a match, she instead operates on 'like attracts like' and a few other really boring monologues peppered throughout the narrative. When a martini-fuelled catch up delivers an irresistable challenge, Vanessa is catapulted into the society pages with some disastrous results. Enter the enigmatic millionaire, Mark Grayson - the object of her intentions - matchmaking intentions that is. But as she is knee deep in her matches she finds she has neglected her own heart. . The obvious parallel to Emma, the ending and plot was relatively predictable, but kept smoothly and entertainingly playing out with Davis' mostly fresh players enjoyable dramas. Dee Davis has provided another enjoyable fluffy romance, and I am inspired to read her other novels. kotori Sept 2007

A Match Made for All Jane Austen Fans!

Okay, I loved this book. The writing was spot-on New York, and the stories of the matchmakers were right out of the New York Times! I'm a huge Jane Austen fan, so the Emma subtext running through the book was fabulous. If you're a reader who likes books that are smart, funny, with lots and lots and lots of heart, I highly recommend this book.

Great Fun!

I really enjoyed this book. It was a great way to spend a rainy Saturday. The rivalry between the two matchmakers and the matches was a riot. I really liked all the insider information about Manhattan, too. I would definitely recommmend this book to others -- it's a big step above most chick lit fare.