Book excerpt: Always in Albuquerque Alexis Casey has finally achieved everything she has worked for all her life. She has a successful life-coaching practice, and she is ready to move on to the next stage. She wants to be married and have children. The problem is that she can't seem to meet a man she wants to have a second date with, let alone one she wants to marry. So she contacts her old mentor, Dr. Lachele Simpson, who agrees to match her with someone…at the altar. Dirk Blanton has always been serious-minded, spending his spare time working on his research. Now that he's in his thirties, he's ready to have a family. He has no idea how to meet someone, though, so he contacts a company a colleague did some work for. The company promises to find his perfect match and introduce them at the altar. When he meets Alexis, she seems too pretty and flamboyant for him. Will they be able to see beyond their differences? Or will they live together as partners with no love between them? Dating in Durango Joanna Walton has always taken care of herself. After moving to Colorado to experience the wide-open spaces of the west, she realizes that she's never going to let a man get close enough to marry her. Hopeful that marrying first—even if it means meeting the man at the altar—will remove some of her apprehension about relationships, Joanna joins her three college roommates in employing Dr. Lachele to find her a husband. Graham Morris has reached every goal he ever set for himself. His list of achievements is long, but there is one thing missing—a successful marriage. Graham is picky about women and decides that his search is better left in the hands of Dr. Lachele. Will a man he admires convince him that marriage is too big of a gamble, or will Graham overcome Joanna's stubborn pride and add winning a place in her heart to his accomplishments? Maybe in Moab Sydney Harris is addicted to mail-order bride romances. She loves to read the book and watch the romance unfold with the couple already being married. So when she gets the opportunity to have a modern-day mail-order bride romance of her own, she jumps on it. She only asks that her new husband come to her, because she is a national park ranger, and she can't relocate. Jackson Pine has lost the only woman he's ever loved to a hit-and-run accident. Even though it's been two years since her death, he is living his life alone. He has no prospects of love and never expects to find it again. A chance meeting with a wacky purple-haired matchmaker has him considering that maybe love could be in his future. Before letting himself think about it too much, he commits to meeting someone at the altar. Can he ever get over his lost love and see the beautiful woman standing before him? Or will the possibilities life can bring him pass him by? Flirting in Flagstaff Tess Messerly's love life is a mess. She's fallen for the "wrong guy" more times than she can count. When her three college roommates suggest she sign up for Matchrimony, she's hesitant because she's sure she'll find some way to screw up Dr. Lachele's flawless success rate. Not wanting to be the only one still single by the end of the summer, Tess pushes past her unease and agrees to their plan. Levi Thomas has one goal—buy Mr. Earl's gorgeous ranch. The only problem: the old man won't sell to a bachelor. Faced with giving up his dreams or getting married, Levi turns to Dr. Lachele to find a wife as quickly as possible. When the process takes longer than expected, Levi is impatient and willing to do anything to get a bride—including moving to Flagstaff, Arizona. Will Levi and Tess manage to create a life together? Or will Tess utterly destroy Dr. Lachele's perfect streak?