Brooke: I'm ready for my happily ever after but I'm obviously incapable of telling the difference between a good man and a good f\\k. What's a girl to do when she can't trust her own judgment? Let her bestie pick a husband for her of course! When my BFF finds a modern day matchmaker online, I break down and give it a shot. What have I go to lose, right? Except when my future husband looks more like Mr. Rogers than Mr. Right I get cold feet. Aiden's a perfect gentleman but maybe I was hoping for something a little rougher around the edges. Aiden: I'm done playing the field. I'm ready to start a family and I want a wife at my side who's in it for the long haul. I'm sick of trying to find a good woman on my own. I want what my brother has, dammit. He's happy with his wife and they just announced their second baby's on the way. I'm so jealous I can think straight. An arranged marriage worked for them. That's why I'm trusting Raven's matchmaking services to find me the right woman. Brooke is that woman. The only woman for me and I know it as soon as I see her. But her friend tells me that Brooke's done with guys like me so if I want her I'm going to have to convince her I'm not like those other guys. I hate dressing up like a office monkey but I'll be a perfect gentleman if that's what it takes to get my ring on Brooke's finger and my baby in her belly.

Caitlyn: I was promised a Nice Boy, but one look at my fiancé and I know better. I've had my life planned out since I was a teenager: college, career, marriage, children, but now that it's time to start planning the wedding it looks like Mr. Right didn't get his save the date card. That's why I decide to go with an arranged marriage using a modern day match maker. Visions of white picket fences are dancing in my head on my way to meet my new fiancé but when I get my first look at Josh I can't breathe. Oh sure, he's sexy as sin and I can't resist giving in to every opportunity to get his hot mouth on my skin but marry him? I'm not so sure about that. Josh is all bad boy; tattoos, dirty mind, and foul mouth. Hardly husband material. Is happily ever after really possible with a man like Josh? Joshua: My last relationship ended with a wrecked house and a night in jail...I'm ready for a woman that's crazy about me, not just crazy. So when my boss tells me she's gonna find me a wife, I can't argue with the woman who's like a mother to me. I know Caitlyn's the perfect woman as soon as I set eyes on her and I love knowing she wants me just as bad as I want her. I won't let anything get in the way of putting my ring on this woman's finger and starting our life together.

Stephany: He didn't even want a wife, now he could be stuck with a baby. I thought an arranged marriage would let me skip the drama and the heartache of picking through dead end relationships. When I meet my new fiancé, he couldn't be less interested in me. It turns out that this wasn't even Devon's idea, he has to get married before can take over the family business. He's looking for a marriage of convenience, not a permanent relationship, so why would the match maker insist he's a smart choice for my husband? Not that I can deny our chemistry. When Devon lights my body on fire with his unexpected kiss I forget all the reasons I can't go through with marrying him. Devon: That kiss was supposed to scare her off, now I have to make sure she doesn't get away. I have big ideas of turning the family business around, but I don't get control until I find a wife. That's the only reason I let my family sign me up with some crazy match maker. I don't want a wife, I need one—just long enough to take over the company, then whatever poor girl gets conned into marrying me can go find herself a real husband. Stephany's too good for me. She doesn't deserve to get pulled into my messed up situation but I'm already committed to the plan. I need Stephany to back out and call this marriage off but I can't resist taking what I want first. One taste and I'll never let her go. \\\* This is a stand alone novella with NO cheating, a happy ending, and plenty of steam along the way.

"You wanna tell me why paid all that money to a match maker to find you a husband you don't wanna f\*ck?" Olivia: They say good girl should save herself till she finds a great catch, but guys my age want a woman who knows what she's doing. A modern day take on an arranged marriage seems like it might solve my problem. Except Redd's nothing like the clean cut, professional man I always envisioned myself with. He's a rugged cattle rancher with mud on his boots and dirt under his nails. He's older than me too, and I'm worried he'll be turned off my lack of experience. I thought maybe it would be for the best if I didn't mention the unpunched V-card to the man I'm supposed to marry. I know I should have fessed up before we got carried away but a man like Redd isn't going to want a wife that he has to teach everything to. Redd: I always did want to raise a bunch of kids with a good woman at my side, but the right girl never showed up. I ain't getting any younger and I'm done waitin'. So I hired myself a legitimate modern day marriage broker and gave her a ton of money to find me a wife. When Olivia shows up with her sunshine blonde hair, those meadow green eyes, and all them curves pouring over her body, I gotta admit she's a might prettier than I was expecting and a lot younger. She ain't so young that I was expecting her to be as innocent as she looks though, and now she's worried I'm going to turn her away like all them young fools she's been going out with. My Olivia's right about one thing, I am experienced. But there's something to be said for getting started with someone who already knows a thing or two and I'd be lying if I said I didn't love knowin' all Olivia's firsts belong to me. \\\* A Great Catch features one rugged older cowboy, one innocent younger woman, and the modern day arranged marriage that brings them together. There's no cheating, there's no crazy drama, just steamy romance on the way to a guaranteed Happily Ever After.

One smokin' hot single dad vs. the woman that makes him want to change his game plan. Now if he can just get his teenage daughter to stop playing matchmaker and convince the sexy woman from that hook up at the bar to stop shutting him down. Kendra: I don't expect a random hook up to turn into happily ever after, so it only makes sense to put an end to this thing with Logan before I ruin my chances of getting set up with a thoroughly vetted and researched match by a professional marriage broker, right? But Logan isn't making it easy to call it quits. Why does everything this man's lips do to me make me want more? Logan Whatever reasons Kendra has for trying not to get caught up in this thing that's getting started between us went out the door yesterday. I just want to tease her, take my time bringing her up and holding her there on the edge. I like watching her hover on the brink like this, showing her how well I know her body already. Proving that she belongs to me.

Gavin: Options are slim and none in a town this size and I sure as hell ain't getting any younger. If I aim to find a wife and start a family, I'm gonna have to get creative. Moving out away from the family farm isn't an option, so hiring a professional match maker might be my ticket to finding a wife—if she's willing to make the move. Jillian: I used to take pride in my single girl status but lately I'd rather be home on a weekend than out at a bar. Truth of the matter is that I want what my girlfriends have now—a husband and a family. I knew relocating might be a requirement to get my happily ever after when I signed up for an arranged marriage but Indiana is a long way from LA and I'm starting wonder if this was such a good move after all.

"Are you saying you don't think I want to f\*ck you?" Dorthy: When I decide to take a stab at a modern day arranged marriage leads me to an Alaskan air field, I have high hopes that I'll finally find my happily ever after—and a man who isn't intimidated by a woman who can take care of herself. Coming face to face with my fiancé for the first time sets off all the warning bells in my brain—but it sets off entirely different alarms in other parts of my body. Is Barrett really the man I've been looking for? More importantly, am I what he's looking for? Barrett: Women are scarce in these parts, and the ones that are here never wanted anything to do with me before I came into my money. Now that I can finally afford the services of a professional match maker, I'm looking forward to the woman she and my closest friends have determined is right for me. Dorthy's a little slip of a thing and pretty as a picture with all that blonde hair and big blue eyes lighting up her face and I want her more than I've ever wanted anything in my life. I just don't know why she'd want to get hitched to the likes of me when it's clear she doesn't need me for anything. I thought I finally had something to offer a wife, but this little firecracker of a woman can obviously hold her own—so what does she need me for? \\\* This 26,000 word novella is the eight story in the arranged marriage romance series and also ties in with the novel BUSH. If you liked BUSH, you'll be happy to see the characters return as we follow Bear's journey to happily ever after!

The last thing I'm looking for is a husband and Raven Swann doesn't deal in "maybe ever afters." Alicia: I'm focused on my career, not getting married and making babies. So when my aunt and my grand-baby crazy mom decide to hire a professional match maker on my behalf I about come unglued. Imagine! An arranged marriage in this day and age. It's insulting! But when I meet the man I'm supposed to marry I can't deny the chemistry between us. Michael: When I signed up for an arranged marriage through a professional match maker, I was thinking I was ready for something serious, but I wasn't in a hurry to get to the marriage part. Until I meet my fiancé. Suddenly getting married sounds incredible; the sooner, the better. Too bad this arranged marriage plan wasn't even Alicia's plan. How do I convince her that I'm the man she didn't know she was looking for? \\\* An Elegant Solution is the 8th book in the Arranged Marriage series by Rocklyn Ryder. It contains a complete story that follows one couple from their beginning to their happily ever after with no cheating, no cliffhangers, and just enough drama to keep it fun. All the books in the Arranged Marriage series are complete stories that can be read in any order.

Kathleen: It's bad enough that I'm spending my 29th birthday alone, drunk, and single—I hardly need everyone rubbing it in. From the lady at the corner store to my own grandmother, it seems like everyone's given up on me ever finding a husband and having a family—except a modern day match-maker I find on line. Jonathon: I spent 8 years finding excuses to put off marrying my college girlfriend—wait till we graduate, wait till my career is established, wait till I can buy a house...until she finally got tired of waiting and left me. You'd think I'd be more upset about it, but instead I realize she was never the woman I wanted to marry. But I do want to be married and have a family of my own. Which is probably how I let my mom convince me to sign up for a modern day arranged marriage to a total stranger. Will Kat and Jon be Raven Swann's next success story?

Another dating nightmare has Vanessa wishing there was a way to let her besties handle the elimination process so she can skip straight to the happy ending. Jack is jealous of his buddy's family but he's lost interest in the dating game. Hiring a professional match-maker seems like a solid plan, but will they miss out on their happily ever after when a close friend disagrees with their match? \\\* The Modern Match-Maker Romance is a series of stand-alone novellas. Each book follows one couple to their happily ever after with low angst, high heat, no cliff-hangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after. They can be read in any order.