“I need your help, Hunter.”
“Sure.” He’d do anything for her.
“It’s a little hard to explain. It’s for Hammond.”
Hunter felt his guard go up ever so slightly. So this trip was about Hammond. That shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Granny Dee sat forward in her chair. “My friends and I. Well, Sam, really. He’s a NASA genius. A former NASA genius. But he put the first man on the moon. So, well, he’s really, really smart.”
Hunter listened, confused at first, but then in growing astonishment as she outlined a computer matchmaking program devised by five senior citizens in the garage of a retirement complex in Florida. He didn’t know whether to be impressed or to call the authorities.
He had a little trouble following the stories of their three successes so far. They sounded farfetched and convoluted, and he wasn’t sure how much to believe. But, tragically, he understood completely what she was asking of him.
Hammond was the catch of the Vashon family, and they’d found him a nice girl.
Everything inside Hunter told him to refuse. Hammond was perfectly capable of finding his own dates. And Hunter didn’t want to change some unsuspecting young woman into a dream girl for his brother. It seemed seriously unethical.
He tried to form the words to let her down. “I don’t think I can—”
“It’s a ninety-nine percent match,” Granny Dee said earnestly. “That’s the highest we’ve ever had. I know it seems strange. But it always starts out this way—two people who don’t seem to belong together at all. But they always turn out to be perfect for each other, Hunter. And they’re all so happy now. I could give you their phone numbers. If you talk to them, I’m certain you’ll—”
“Granny Dee, really, I’m sorry, but—”
“You owe me, young man.”
She was right about that. “I know I do.”
“Have I ever asked you for anything before?”
“You haven’t,” he admitted.
She reached across the table for his hand. She looked so hopeful, so vulnerable, so completely convinced that she was doing the right thing.
She squeezed. “Hammond’s happiness, his lifetime of happiness, is all at stake here.”
Hunter tried to utter the word no. He wanted to tell her Hammond could take care of his own happiness. Hunter was far too busy to set his brother up. But the refusal stuck in his throat.
“And you can’t tell them,” said Granny Dee. “It won’t work if they know what’s going on. No matter what happens, this has to stay our secret.”
Hunter knew all about secrets with his grandmother. He felt a sharp twist in his chest. He knew he had no choice. So he nodded. “Okay. I’ll see what I can do.”
Find out what happens next in An Astonishing Match…
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About the Author
Barbara Dunlop is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of fifty romance novels. A three time finalist in the prestigious RITA award, she is also a two time winner of the RWA Golden Heart award. An Unlikely Match, the first book in her acclaimed Match series, was a number one bestseller on Amazon. Barbara makes her home in Yukon with her bush pilot husband and the moose and bears that wander through their yard.
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