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A society matchmaker realizes she’s in danger when her clients'' weddings are sabotaged in increasingly disturbing ways--an utterly original mystery from Nura Khan is a third-generation matchmaker in Atlanta and business has never been better. Her exclusive clientele benefits from her impeccable track record. And while a single thirty-one-year-old matchmaker would normally raise some perfectly threaded eyebrows in the community, Nura''s childhood best friend Azar is willing to double as her pretend fiancé at her clients’ weddings--as long as Nura is able to hide that her feelings for him might not be so pretend.; But Nura quickly learns that all that glitters isn’t gold. While it’s not uncommon to get the occasional hate mail from rejected prospective clients, after a couple’s carefully constructed wedding implodes, Nura is blindsided by a cascading chain of increasingly terrifying events and realizes someone is taking things too far. With Azar by her side, Nura embarks on a dangerous cat-and-mouse game that threatens not only her safety but everything she''s worked so hard to build.
About the author
Aisha Saeed is a
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of books for younger readers, including
Amal Unbound, Written in the Stars, Yes No Maybe So (co-authored with Becky Albertalli), and
Forty Words for Love.
The Matchmaker is her debut adult novel. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her family.