By Mary Jayne Baker
The 24-hour Dating Agency
Tinder, Hinge, Bumble – thirtysomething journalist Saffie has tried them all. Now she’s wondering whether it’s time to throw in the towel and give up on love for good – and she’s not alone…
Saffie’s boss Tamara has been single since her divorce four years ago, but at forty-five, running her own magazine and with three kids at home, she doesn’t feel she has the time, energy or confidence to go through the dating mill again. Meanwhile, Saffie’s best friend Milo has just been dumped – again. A hopeless romantic with terrible taste in men, this is his fourth break-up in six months. There must be a secret to finding Mr Right, surely – but what?
Step forward The 24-hour Dating Agency, a matchmaking service with a difference. Instead of wasting months on casual dates, they promise to send you on an intense twenty-four-hour date with your perfect match – like speed-dating but in reverse. And even better, the agency offers a soulmate guarantee: meet The One or your money back.
Figuring they have nothing to lose, the three friends sign up. But when their matches turn out to be not what they were expecting, it seems like even the soulmate guarantee can’t find them what they’re looking for. Or can it?

Romance Author
Mary Jayne Baker
Mary Jayne Baker is an award-winning author of contemporary romantic comedies from Bingley, West Yorkshire. She likes to write flirty, funny stories about women with flaws and the men who love them. Mary Jayne is published by Aria Fiction and represented by Laura Longrigg at MBA Literary Agents. She was the recipient of the Romantic Novelists’ Association‘s Romantic Comedy of the Year Award 2020 for A Question of Us.
Mary Jayne also writes funny, heartfelt contemporary women’s fiction as Lisa Swift, and uplifting wartime sagas as Gracie Taylor.
Other Books by Mary Jayne
This joyous book will make you groan and also smile, laugh, believe in magic and fairy tales.
Rachel’s Random Reads
Funny and infused with real warmth, realism and wit.
Chicks, Rogues and Scandals
You’ll be amazed (as I was) at the level of heart, love and nuance that Baker infuses in a story that feels real and plausible.
I Am, indeed
About My Publisher
ariafiction.com
About My Agent
mbalit.co.uk
Contact Author
mj@maryjaynebaker.co.uk