Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Look of Love | 2017 | Julia Kelly | Buy |
| 2 | The Taste of Temptation | 2018 | Julia Kelly | Buy |
| 3 | The Allure of Attraction | 2018 | Julia Kelly | Buy |
The Matchmaker of Edinburgh series is a set of three historical romance novellas. The Look of Love (2017), The Taste of Temptation (2018), and The Allure of Attraction (2018) are each set in Edinburgh and built around the conceit of a local matchmaker who brings unlikely couples together. The novellas are lighter and shorter than Kelly’s full-length historical novels, focused on the chemistry between their leads and the atmosphere of the city.
The series sits in the middle period of Kelly’s career, after her contemporary One Week in Love anthologies and before her breakout with The Light Over London. The Edinburgh setting and historical backdrop reflect the direction her writing was heading, away from contemporary romance and toward the research-driven historical fiction that would define her later work.