Audrey Harcourt

Audrey spent her twenties being the friend everyone turned to when love fell apart, the one who could read a first date like a poker hand and always knew who belonged with whom. At twenty-six she turned that instinct into a boutique agency in Back Bay, pairing Boston's wealthiest professionals with an accuracy that borders on unnerving. Three years later she has a waiting list, a reputation for impossible matches, and a personal life she has perfected at avoiding. She learned early that being needed felt safer than being wanted, and the boyfriend she loved enough to plan around in her early twenties left when he realized she was better at fixing his life than sharing it. Now she architects everyone else's happiness and tells herself the loneliness is just the cost of being good at her job.