This is book 3 in this trilogy. You can easily read these stories as stand alone books, but you do meet up with other characters from the other books as your read, so it is good to read them in order.

Flannery McNeill is an independent headstrong woman, who doesn't want to marry and have to give up her "independence". But when the right guy comes along, it is amazing how ones ideas about marriage and what you have to give up changes to what you gain. Flannery's grandfather and Jamie's grandmother (Jamie is the handsome dude Flannery will fall for) do there best to play matchmaker in this story, while Jamie and Flannery are doing the same to their grandparents. It is a very sweet story. But Jamie isn't what Flannery thought he was, which was an arrogant man who was way to sure of himself. Jamie realizes how much changing he needs to do with his life when he unexpectedly loses his job.

There was a lot of changing and figuring out what people really wanted in this story and I loved all the characters. You are never to old to fall in love! Another great story in this series. Unfortunately, I read this series out of order, so now I need to go back and read book two, "The Art of Romance." ( )

Fiction; Christian Fiction
3.5 stars

When I picked up this book, I did not realize that it was the third book in a series called The Matchmaker. I enjoyed this book as a stand alone but would really love to read the others to get a broader sense of the backstory.

For those wondering, here are the other books listed as part of this series according to Goodreads.

Book 1- Love Remains
Book 2- The Art of Romance
Book 3- Turnabout's Fair Play

In this sweet story we find four main characters; Grandma Maureen O'Connor and her grandson, Jamie, and Grandpa Kirby McNeill and his granddaughter, Flannery. (called Flan) While Maureen and Kirby work to set their grandchildren up in a relationship together, Jamie and Flan conspire to do the same for their aging grandparents. At first, neither party is fond of the idea but it doesn't take long before the paradigm starts to shift.

The main story is about Jamie and Flan and the obstacles they must overcome to build a relationship. From past heartaches to questions about the future, the story is fully developed and believable. These characters definitely have their flaws (don't we all?), but Dacus brings them to life in a realistic way without an over-abundance of emotional drama.

Turnabout's Fair Play is an easy read with plenty of humor. There is a fair amount fo religious references throughout the story that served to add to the overall goodness of the plot. This was my first time reading this author and I really like her style of writing. I am looking forward to reading the other two novels.

Recommended. ( )

4STARS
It started slowly for me than I got to the point that I did not want to put it down. I believe this is the first book I have read from Kaye Dacus. I hope to read more from Kaye in the future.
Flannery is moping because her best friend is getting married and her other one is engaged to be married. She is afraid they will leave her behind like what happened to her when her sister's got married.
Their grandmothers were all moaning that none of their grandchildren were married so they stepped in with a goal of getting at least one grandchild of each of them married. Only Maureen had just one grandchild and Jamie was not interested at the time.
Flannery thought Jamie was stuck up and did not like him. Jamie was interested in her but tended to be a dork around her. Flannery grandfather Kirby
was comming to visit her each weekend so his church would except his retirement. Because he tried to retire two years ago and church asked him to keep working till they found someone. So he decided to be out of town on weekends.
Maureen met Kirby when he came to church with his granddaughter Flannery and they thought to set up Flannery and Jamie. Jamie noticed how they were interested in each other so tried to arrange them to get together.
Jamie thought he was getting promoted instead their company was sold and his whole department was let go. Jamie was thinking of making some changes and going back to school. Got back with friend who he lost touch with 5 years ago. Jamie asked if Kirby wanted to stay with him on weekends because he had extra bedroom. So they double dated some.
It is a charming story. Its has no sex scenes, talks about church and prayer. Lots of different friendships and how important they are.
I was given this ebook to read in exchange of honest reviews. ( )

Completing her series of four grandmothers' machinations to marry off their granddaughters, Dacus matches Cookie's Jamie, a surplussed sports manager, and Flannery, a literarily-named book editor and secret fan fiction writer. While it may come as no surprise that Flannery's biggest fan-fiction fan is Jamie, and that this confirms their face-to-face attraction, the story is sweet as Jamie and Flannery plot to bring their grandparents together (and the grandparents do the same!). For Christian readers looking for a title of sweet, tender romance across the generations. (159) ( )