A Shanahan Match: Book 4
Publication Date: February 3, 2026
As the middle child of the Shanahan family, Zaira does her best to keep the peace. She doesn’t share her dream of becoming a published author with her family to spare herself their disapproval. When she’s caught in a scandal involving the local matchmaker, Bellamy McKenna, she must put her storytelling ability to good use and feign a match with him to avoid wagging tongues and her parents’ anger.
Feeling the growing pressure to marry as a well—known, yet single matchmaker to St. Louis’s Irish community, Bellamy reluctantly agrees to a temporary match with Zaira. But even though the matchmakers in his family might be able to find love for others, they have a history of disastrous relationships for themselves. When secrets and danger force Zaira and Bellamy to work together, is it finally the matchmaker’s turn to be lucky in love?
Hedlund delivers another captivating closed—door historical romance with sizzling chemistry, witty banter, a fake relationship, and close—knit Irish families where the matchmaker finally meets his match in this final installment in her series for fans of Mimi Matthews and Elizabeth Camden.
With his matchmaker success on the line, Bellamy McKenna reluctantly makes a bargain with Zaira Shanahan.
As with previous installments of A Shanahan Match series, author Jody Hedlund brings the mid-19th century to life in Marrying the Matchmaker.
Full of humorous banter, the dialogue incorporates Irish slang that meshes well with the storyline. Both main characters are keeping secrets about their creative talents because of societal pressure, which gives them common ground.
For someone whose goal is to create marriages, Bellamy is adamant about sidestepping it on a personal level. However, getting caught using Bellamy to research her love scenes lands them in a fake relationship that just might turn into a match.
Marrying the Matchmaker delivers an engaging plot full of captivating characters.
Jody Hedlund is the bestselling author of more than fifty novels and is the winner of numerous awards. Jody lives in Michigan with her husband, busy family, and five spoiled cats. She writes sweet historical romances with plenty of sizzle.
