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The Matchmaker
When former FBI profiler Greer Lomax, now a deputy sheriff, exhumes a body over a contested will, she finds the remains of a missing young woman in the grave and turns to FBI agent Ash Keller for help in solving this bizarre case. Original.
- GenresRomantic SuspenseRomance
325 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2005
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About the author
Jamie Denton
71 books32 followersEver since I heard my first fairy tale, I've always believed in happily-ever-after and the power of love. In my opinion, there's nothing quite as heart-warming as the happy ending for a hero and heroine who overcome the odds. Sometimes love isn't easy, but then anything in life that is, well, it just isn't much fun, now is it?
Looking for challenges in my life has been part of that fun, too. I embraced my first challenge at the age of sixteen when I married my high school sweetheart. A whole lot of years later, I still fondly recall the first time I saw my own personal hero and knew, even at that tender age, that he was the one for me. With a history like that, what else could I write except Romances?
When I'm not working on my latest novel, I enjoy relaxing with a cross-stitch project or debating the pros and cons of a redecorating project. I'm also a big movie fan, especially romantic comedies. Oh, and we can't forget about the joys of gardening. If I'm not playing in the dirt or haven't escaped with my own personal hero to the movie theater, I can usually be found in the house, somewhere warm, curled up with a romance novel in my hands.
A few years ago, my family and I exchanged the sun and sand of my native Southern California for the clear blue skies and wide open spaces of the North Dakota prairie. Oh, did I mention the snow we got in the bargain, too? A whole lot of it?
Looking for challenges in my life has been part of that fun, too. I embraced my first challenge at the age of sixteen when I married my high school sweetheart. A whole lot of years later, I still fondly recall the first time I saw my own personal hero and knew, even at that tender age, that he was the one for me. With a history like that, what else could I write except Romances?
When I'm not working on my latest novel, I enjoy relaxing with a cross-stitch project or debating the pros and cons of a redecorating project. I'm also a big movie fan, especially romantic comedies. Oh, and we can't forget about the joys of gardening. If I'm not playing in the dirt or haven't escaped with my own personal hero to the movie theater, I can usually be found in the house, somewhere warm, curled up with a romance novel in my hands.
A few years ago, my family and I exchanged the sun and sand of my native Southern California for the clear blue skies and wide open spaces of the North Dakota prairie. Oh, did I mention the snow we got in the bargain, too? A whole lot of it?
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November 25, 2009
This writer, Jamie Denton, is under-minded and underrated with top contenders. Some of these contenders are James Patterson and J. Grisham. This is a great-read if you like crime thrillers, suspense thrillers, or thrillers period.
I can read this any day over James Patterson books.
I can read this any day over James Patterson books.
August 6, 2011
A very interesting romantic suspense novel. A former profiler with the FBI's ISU, Greer Lomax has fled back to her hometown after an encounter with a serial killer nearly killed her. Two years have passed and she's still having panic and anxiety attacks when she encounters dead bodies.
But as a deputy sheriff in a small town, Greer doesn't see too many bodies--until an exhumation yields two people in the same grave--the deceased and an unknown woman.
Before long, her husband, FBI profiler Ash Keller, is at her side. Against her better judgement, the couple is pushed together in order to try and stop a killer who's body count is on the rise.
Of course, that's before the killer gets personal--taunting Greer with bits of evidence that have meaning to her and even taking her own sister.
My only complaint is two major typos-- the reaccurance of "psyche exam" (about 5 times) instead of "pysch exam" (two totally different things-- a psyche and a psych--or psychological exam) and the misspelling of actress Katharine Hepburn (spelled "Kathryn" in the book, not "Katharine"). That was annoying since the author mentions Spencer Tracy and her, a well-known couple, yet totally misspells her name.
Overall, a very interesting read I did in about a day and a half with a few breaks.
But as a deputy sheriff in a small town, Greer doesn't see too many bodies--until an exhumation yields two people in the same grave--the deceased and an unknown woman.
Before long, her husband, FBI profiler Ash Keller, is at her side. Against her better judgement, the couple is pushed together in order to try and stop a killer who's body count is on the rise.
Of course, that's before the killer gets personal--taunting Greer with bits of evidence that have meaning to her and even taking her own sister.
My only complaint is two major typos-- the reaccurance of "psyche exam" (about 5 times) instead of "pysch exam" (two totally different things-- a psyche and a psych--or psychological exam) and the misspelling of actress Katharine Hepburn (spelled "Kathryn" in the book, not "Katharine"). That was annoying since the author mentions Spencer Tracy and her, a well-known couple, yet totally misspells her name.
Overall, a very interesting read I did in about a day and a half with a few breaks.
July 28, 2008
This book kept me glued to the pages. I enjoyed reading everyone's perspectives of what was going on, including the killer's. What Greer went through 2 years ago at the hands of a serial killer would likely send most women to an institution, but Greer has survived (barely). She is merely existing rather than living, but she doesn't know any other way. That is until her estranged husband Ash enters the picture due to some recent murders in her small town (at the time, they were not certain it was at the hands of a serial killer). Ash forces Greer to include him in her life and he in turn helps her deal with her past.
It's a great book and I enjoyed the suspenseful nature.
It's a great book and I enjoyed the suspenseful nature.
February 12, 2009
This was good. A little too much smut for me but pretty good.
March 17, 2010
Nice fast paced. Good rounded characters.
November 12, 2010
Have read it in English too nothing lost in translation. Very good!
December 11, 2011
Slow and boring.
December 20, 2015
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March 19, 2013Just couldn't get into it.
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