These Romance Books Are a Perfect Match for Materialists Fans

We can’t talk about matchmaking romances without getting into the original matchmaker herself, the iconic Emma Woodhouse, one of Jane Austen’s most irascible heroines. Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma is a proud meddler who thinks she knows better than all of her family and friends when it comes to matters of love. Having successfully paired off her former governess to her new husband, Emma decides to match her new friend, Harriet Smith, to Mr. Elton, the local vicar. Mr. Knightley, however, thinks it’s all a bad idea. Surely, in her youthful wisdom and drive, Emma can be successful in her endeavors? 

As a child, Cassie escaped her chilly home and found solace with the Darling family, a loving clan whose house was always full of chaos and laughter. Now grown up, Cassie is living a very proper life with a sensible boyfriend, but when Phoebe, the Darling matriarch, falls ill, she comes to Cassie with one last request: Will Cassie help her sons, a pair of committed bachelors, find their perfect matches? They're both impossibly handsome and charming, but they're also unemployed, still living at home, and prone to fits of total chaos. Cassie can't say no to Phoebe, but how is she meant to find decent girlfriends for these wild brothers who are so wrong but so right?

Lady Irene Wyngate swore she would never marry. She's kept suitors at bay, eager to retain her independence and not give herself to a man. Fortunately, most bachelors are put off by her sharp tongue. Gideon, however, is an exception. The long-lost heir to the Earl of Radbourne title was kidnapped as a child and raised on the streets of London. Now, he's back to his rightful place but feels ill at ease in the world of money and expectations. Still, he has a duty to fulfil so he needs a wife. Irene offers her help in preparing him for the marriage mart, taming his wild side and making him the perfect Earl. Falling for him would be disastrous for them both, but neither of them can resist the passion brewing between them.

In Barbara Delinsky's A Single Rose, Shaye Burke is used to her beloved Aunt Victoria's shenanigans, but even she wasn't prepared to be whisked away to the Caribbean for a treasure hunt, helmed by a gorgeous and rugged pirate. Noah VanBaar did not know what he was in for when he boarded the beat-up old sloop with no engine. It was just meant to be another job in paradise. But then he meets Shaye and suddenly he's ready to sail into the sunset with her. Aunt Victoria's schemes for romance might finally pay off for her niece and the sexy captain.

If you want to find your perfect partner, Ellie O'Brien is there for you. She's Peppin's most successful matchmaker. Finding love is easy for her, as long as it's for other people. Now, her clients and friends want to return the favor and set her up with her ideal guy. But they've chosen Lawson Williams. The handsome ranch foreman was her childhood friend, but surely they're all wrong for one another? He's not looking for marriage, and she's a tomboy with a lot of baggage. The whole town is watching and rooting for them to kiss. What would happen were they to give the people of Peppin what they want?

Olivia Huang Christenson comes from a long line of successful matchmakers. Now, she's taking over her legendary grandmother's business, but dating in the modern world is very different from the days of old. A new dating app has turned her Pó Po’s traditional Chinese zodiac approach to finding love into a tacky display of "animal attraction." 

It could destroy her family's legacy, so she decides to confront the app's developer, Bennett O'Brien, and prove her stuff. Bennett is Los Angeles' most eligible bachelor and he has no time for traditions or Liv's work. As the two businesses go head to head, they make a deal: they’ll find a match for each other—and whoever falls in love loses. Their businesses are on the line, but so are their hearts. The last thing either of them need is to fall for one another…

TV meteorologist Ari Abrams loves her job, but she wants to move up the career ladder quicker than she has been. Her boss, the iconic Seattle weatherwoman Torrance Hale, is too busy with her ex-husband to offer Ari the mentorship she craves. What if she helped Torrance move on with a new partner? Russell Barringer, the channel's sweet but shy sports reporter, has his own boss issues in the form of the station’s news director, who also happens to be Torrance’s ex. 

He and Ari decide to fix their problems by getting their bosses back together. They just need to remember why they fell in love in the first place. It starts out so promisingly, but their well-meaning meddling backfires when the real chemistry builds between Ari and Russell.

Peter Kent has recently inherited the title of the Duke of Stanhope, but he's not exactly noble material. Fresh out of New Orleans, he's a klutz with radical politics who doesn't fit into the world of rules and regulations that is the upper classes. Now, he has a bad reputation, which he needs to fix so that he can become guardian to his half-siblings. He needs a Duchess. 

Enter Lady Selina Ravenscroft, a highly proper debutante who has a secret side-hustle running an erotic library. When Peter asks for her help, she offers her services in finding him the perfect wife, but matchmaking comes with a lot of problems. The disreputable duke finds himself drawn to his own matchmaker, but would their love fix all their problems or cause even more drama?