Matching Hearts

The Sweet Hearts Rom-Com #2

by Ellie Hartwood

Can a self-centered prima donna survive the trial by fire and find her own everlasting love?

Delia Campbell is abrasive, self-centered, beautiful... and on parole. With freedom finally in sight, she's ready to meet the man of her dreams. In Delia's world that means rich... very rich.

But when she finds herself back in the courtroom at the mercy of an alarmingly creative judge, Delia is tasked with helping the rich and famous in search of real happiness.

No problem. Right?
Wrong.

Delia is not a rule follower and her parole officer is nipping at her heels.

Enter Trevor Dawson, a handsome electrician with little patience for entitled, narcissistic Delia. Especially when she's recruiting him as an accomplice in one of her questionable schemes.

What could possibly go wrong?

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

352 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 25, 2022

Reviews

[Charity Bradford · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have mixed feelings about this book, but in the end, it wasn't too bad. Let me try to explain. Delia is an extremely unlikable character in the beginning of the story. She's selfish and manipulative, and there really wasn't anything about her that I could relate to. This made it hard to root for her to find love. In fact, I almost quit reading.

However, I've enjoyed this author before and wanted to see if she could redeem Delia. I believe she did a pretty good job of it. By the end, I liked her much better even though she went about everything all wrong. Trevor was great, June and Patrick were great. If not for Delia's friends sticking by her and patiently letting her figure things out and grow, this would have been harder to finish.

There were many moments when I wanted to scream, "Just tell everyone the truth!" I don't know if real people would be so dumb as to do what Delia does at the end to bring everything crashing down...after everything fell apart...no spoilers here, though.

In the end, things came together despite Delia's inability to make good choices (and I understood why she struggled). It was nice to read about older characters, and all scenes of a physical nature were behind closed doors for a clean read. There weren't even swear words, either.

In the end, I give this story a 3.75 rounded to a 4 for keeping it clean.

1-5 scale and what it means:
1: I couldn’t even finish it / just plain bad
2: I hope I didn’t pay for this / disappointing
3: I didn’t hate it, but it was still missing something / forgettable but inoffensive
3.5: On the line between good and ok / like, not love
4: Solid mind candy / worth reading
4.5: So very close to perfection! / must read
5: I could not put it down and I’m still thinking about it! / a true treasure

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

I never imagined that I would enjoy a romance book so much that featured a caricature of a 50-year-old, entitled, narcissistic divorcee with an arrest record for DUI and other offenses. Somehow this author made Delia feel genuine, as she slowly becomes a better person, works as a matchmaker for rich women and finds her own love match. This book has many likeable characters and some interesting plot twists (with closed-door heat) on the way to its very satisfying HEA. I’ll definitely read more from this author and am happy to be able to recommend this romance story! I received an advance copy for free and am leaving this review voluntarily.

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve become a Superfan of this author! First, my thanks for the ARC of this wonderful book in exchange for my honest review.

I hardly know where to begin. I absolutely loved it. The characters are now among my favorites of all time. Delia was so memorable! But also many of the others. What a great story.

I’m definitely going to be following this writer now. I hated for this book to end.

[D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delia is quite an interesting character. I had fun reading her story and how she got Trevor involved with her schemes. This is a great story with wit, fun, and intrigue. A great read any time of the year.

[Virginia · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Leah Germain · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a fun and crazy read! The author developed each character so well that I felt that I was part of the story. It's a peek into the lives of the rich and famous, with laugh out loud humor, a little suspense, and a lot of emotions that most people can relate to on a personal level. It lives up to its name as a RomCom by delivering plenty of romance and plenty of comedy. It's clean but suggestive enough to let the imagination take off. If you need some relief from today's news, this did the trick for me.

[Addison · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – Recommended for fans of the genre!

[Jenni Bearden · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was really all over the place. I had a very difficult time getting into it, I was bored to tears through most of the first half. I considered DNF a few times, but decided to stick with it because I was curious about the outcome. Thankfully, it picked up later in the book, but the overall premise was still absurd. Two stars.

[Tami Willard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mostly Clean Standalone Romance HEA

She goes from trying to con her way into being a client of the elite matchmaking company to being sentenced to community service working at the company. Manipulation comes easy and soon she's tangled several people's lives up. Can she get everything untangled without anyone getting hurt? What will happen when the truth comes out? How long before the lesson is learned?
There are a few mild curse words.
I received an ARC from the author. Review voluntarily given.