Annabelle Granger has endured dead-end jobs and a broken engagement. Even her hair's a mess! But that's all about to change as she takes over her late grandmother's matchmaking business. Her mission? To land Chicago's hottest bachelor as her client and become the most sought-after matchmaker in town.

Heath Champion, the wealthy and driven sports agent, is searching for the ultimate symbol of success—the perfect wife. But why does he need a matchmaker, especially one like Annabelle? She's quirky, entertaining, and has a certain charm that might just make her the right fit for his extraordinary needs.

In a city where everyone has a stake in the outcome, Annabelle must navigate a world of expectations, family disapproval, and her own heart. When she promises to do anything to keep her star client happy, she might find herself going heart-to-heart with the toughest negotiator in town.

The Adventures of Augie March introduces us to Augie, an exuberant narrator-hero who is a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Great Depression. From the very first line, Augie captivates us with his free-spirited approach to life: "I am an American, Chicago born, and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted."

With a style reminiscent of Dickens, Saul Bellow fills this novel with a rich tapestry of characters and experiences. Augie is a "born recruit," making himself available for a series of occupations, and then proudly rejecting each as unworthy. His journey is filled with colorful companions—plungers, schemers, risk-takers, and "hole-and-corner" operators like the would-be tycoon Einhorn or the would-be siren Thea, who travels with an eagle trained to hunt small creatures.

Augie's nonconformity leads him into an eventful, humorous, and sometimes earthy way of life. His quest for reality, fulfillment, and love takes him from the depths of poverty to the peaks of worldly success, standing as an irresistible, poignant incarnation of the American idea of freedom.

This novel is written in the cascades of brilliant, biting, ravishing prose that would come to be known as “Bellovian,” re-writing the language of Bellow’s generation.