On Tour 09/02/24-09/27/24 “Matched In Merriweather” by Michelle Cox

Release Date: September 5, 2024

About The Book:

A delightful 1930s retelling of Jane Austen’s beloved classic Emma.

After receiving a desperate letter reporting her father to be gravely ill, inveterate matchmaker Melody Merriweather leaves college and rushes back to her small hometown of Merriweather, Wisconsinâ€”only to discover that she’s expected to take over the running of her family’s general store, the Merc, until he recovers.

There, Melody tries to liven up the dusty old shop by selling luxury hats and gloves while also managing the handful of eccentric employees she’s inheritedâ€”the sweet, impressionable Harriet; the crabby Mrs. Haufbrau; and the overly critical but irritatingly handsome Cal Frasier. In typical Melody fashion, it isn’t long before she sets her sights on helping Harriet find a more suitable match than the local farmer who supplies the Merc with eggs.

All of Melody’s fanciful ideas suddenly fly out the window, however, when she learns that the Merc is not so well off as she imagined and that her father has borrowed money from loan sharks to keep it afloat. With the help of a surly Cal, Melody concocts a plan to brew cider as a way to resurrect the failing store. But when her attempts at both cider- and matchmaking go awry in spectacular fashion, it throws the Mercâ€”and her own self-confidenceâ€”further into jeopardy . . .

About The Author:

Michelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents. She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying around, has resorted to writing about the era as a way of getting herself back there.

Coincidentally, her books have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist and many others, so she might be on to something. Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards board games she doesn’t have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also marmalade. https://michellecoxauthor.com/

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Bloggers On Tour:

Sept. 2nd- Sarahs Bookstack https://instagram.com/sarahs.bookstack

Sept. 5th- Cassie’s Book Reviews https://instagram.com/cassies_books_reviews

Sept. 5th- Nissa The Bookworm https://instagram.com/nissa_the.bookworm

Sept. 5th- Love My Books 2020 https://instagram.com/lovemybooks2020

Sept. 5th- Tammy Reads https://instagram.com/tammyreads62

Sept. 6th- Lindas Book Obsession https://www.facebook.com/lindasbookobsession/