AN EXCERPT FROM “TIME WILL TELL”

Coming to himself again (and realising with some embarrassment that he must be staring), Rafe struggled to respond. He wanted to take Mary aside and give her a tongue lashing, or maybe Lavinia for the humiliation he had suffered as a result of her rebuff all those years past, but no. Now that she was here in front of him again, he found he could not bring up the old feelings of bitterness. He numbly settled upon, “It is good to see you after so long a time, Lav-” he stopped himself from calling her by the old name, “- Mrs. Fitzroy.” At that moment, Williver let out a low, drawn out whine and raised his eyes toward the lady in hopeful supplication, and Rafe blurted out, “What have you given my dogs?”

Matchmaking Gone Wrong

TAGS: second chance romance, later in life, “August” protagonists

The clock is ticking! Widowed Dr. Rafe Reynolds will soon be left alone when Ellen, his daughter and favourite backgammon opponent, weds.  

 Shortly before the Christmas holidays, Ellen and his meddling sister Mary, convince Rafe to let them find him a suitable wife. Rafe reluctantly agrees, but he insists that love doesn't matter at his age, and ladies who are loud and demanding need not apply.

 Mrs. Lavinia Fitzroy, exuberant widow and old friend, is bold, well-connected and entirely uninterested in marriage for herself. She is just the woman to help find the gruff doctor a wife, but finding the perfect match for Rafe proves to be as thorny as winter holly.

 One minute everything is going as smoothly as clockwork, and the next, it's gone to the dogs!

 Will Lavinia discover the perfect bride...one who ticks all the boxes for the doctor?  Only time will tell!