It is witty and very realistic as she is experimenting with the pros and cons of meeting men from Mars one with commitment issues, others looking for hanky panky only others who are insecure with a professional successful woman and run away with the excuses and other colorful characters. Hesitant she decides to take the plunge and thus the story is born The old fashioned ways were no longer working so enters in the modern technology of internet dating. Now the question is where will she, even as Ireland's number one matchmaker find a mate. She is a successful matchmaker and has a second career as a wine broker all is fine except that missing element after being alone for a while she desires to share her new found freedom and life with a partner again.

She was granted one and embarked on a strange but fulfilling destiny as an independent woman. After many years of marriage she woke up to discover her lose identify and realized that her children were about to fly the coop and she was not happy, wanting to strike out on her own ask for a divorce. In her loveless marriage she sacrificed her self-hood and gave into her domineering husband and moved from the elegant life, family and traditional German roots to be transplanted as a farmer in the rainy landscape of Ireland. She is divorce and has to start over with her high school son. This is a story is about a charming woman starting another phase in her life's journey.

Cherie and her friends and gentlemen suitors were the perfect the perfect equation of exploring the intrigue of the dating scene on the internet. Buckley did an excellent job adding 21st century realism to this novel.

Next Time Lucky by Siggy Buckley