With the company’s recent expansion into the UK and Ireland, some of the stringent requirements for potential matches, such as required income and education levels, were lessened. Clients were usually wealthy people who needed some help in finding a forever partner, and Celtic Connections had a highly respected pool of potential matches. His company, Celtic Connections, was the most successful matchmaking company of its kind in the United States, and it catered to elite clientele. In Colin’s opinion, Miss Winifred Emsworth could take her “article” and shove it into the darkest, deepest recesses of herself. “I’ve spoken with her directly, and she’s agreed to retract her words…if we can prove we do what we say we do.” He flipped it open to the marked page, his movements tightly controlled.Įmma snorted and rolled her eyes. “What a stodgy name,” he muttered, taking it from her. She sat directly opposite him, holding the offending newspaper out to him. But we can control this.” Emmaline MacWilliam, his publicist and relatively new cousin-in-law, kept her voice even and her countenance placid. The only things holding him back were that he rather liked his walls, being as he had put them up himself, and that he’d probably knock something of importance off his desk.Ī glance around his messy office confirmed that, should something fall, it was unlikely to ever be seen again. Despite the distance Colin tries to keep, Fate has other plans when Ellie takes an unexpected trip back in time.once upon a summer night.Ĭompressing his lips into a thin line, Colin O’Rourke just barely resisted the urge to put his fist through his wall. He knows Ellie could be his future, but her aunt has made it clear that if he doesn't match Ellie with a specific type of man, she'll ensure Celtic Connections's failure. And though he's drawn to her, Colin knows there's more at stake than his own happiness - as an O'Rourke Protector, he has duties that call him to the past. When Colin and Ellie meet, their connection is undeniable. When her aunt asks Ellie to be the company's first client, to determine if the company can match everyday people and not just London's wealthiest, Ellie reluctantly agrees. She has everything she needs―books, tea, and an aunt who is more like a mother. The columnist agrees to retract her article.if he can successfully match her stubbornly-single niece.Įleanor Carberry is content with her life as a London bookshop owner. However, its success is threatened before it opens its doors when a prominent UK gossip columnist publishes a slanderous article column about his company. Colin O'Rourke is expanding Celtic Connections, his matchmaking business, to the UK and Ireland.

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