What if you met the person you were destined to be with? And what if you never saw them again . . . ?

There’s a new case for the Perfect Passion Company. After a serendipitous meeting in a supermarket, Clea meets the man of her dreams. But having left suddenly without his phone number, she can’t stop thinking about what might have been. Can apprentice matchmaker Katie, with the help of her enigmatic neighbour William, help orchestrate the forces of Kismet and choreograph another happy union?

And now that the newly single William’s engagement is off, can Katie seize the moment to tell him how she feels before her chance has gone forever?

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'The second in a new feel-good series... [from] one of the world’s best-loved and most prolific authors. Brimming with joy and most important of all, love'

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'Alexander McCall Smith is... a novelist much like Austen. Choosing the right partner is a serious business, and it is partly a question of compatibility. The business of his heroine Katie is guiding people in the right direction'

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'A wonderfully amusing and heartfelt addition to The Perfect Passion Company series set around a dating agency in Edinburgh'

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'McCall Smith's novels are shaped by ideas of community, tolerance, and civility'

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'as always with McCall Smith there are hidden depths, both psychological and moral, delivered with bubbling humour and wit'

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'a beautifully tender novel from the author of 44 Scotland Street'

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'As ever, McCall Smith writes beautifully and with a dry wit and warmth to create a novel that envelops you like a lovely warm bath'

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 'A charming new novel from the beloved author'

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'I loved the Edinburgh setting, the characters, an old-fashioned love story, warm and comforting as porridge with a dram'