(And seriously, if you don’t know the original story, just get off my blog.) Second, there’s the stage version the characters are practicing, which reminds readers of the nuances of the story and underlines the echoes of what’s going on with the characters in Summer Hill. First, there’s the knowledge of the original that’s in the reader’s mind. MY TWO CENTS: There are really three layers of Pride and Prejudice going on here. But Devlin’s lies and manipulations might drive Tate and Casey apart for good. But as she and Tate are thrown together, they begin to bond despite themselves. In the meantime, Tate’s ex-brother-in-law, TV actor Devlin Haines, shows up to play Wickham, and Casey finds his company preferable to Tate’s. (Well, she was watching him shower outdoors when he thought no one was looking, but she was also in her own house, so…) With all the town ladies mooning over Tate, no one can play a convincingly disdainful Elizabeth to his Darcy, except the girl on whom he made a really bad impression. Through a misunderstanding, he gets off to a rocky start with chef Casey Reddick.

He’s enlisted one of his relatives, Hollywood star Tate Landers, to come and play Darcy. THE PLOT: In the small Virginia town of Summer Hill, Kit Montgomery is putting on a stage version of Pride and Prejudice. The Girl from Summer Hill Front Cover (Ballantine Books/Random House) Once Upon a Christmas Eve (Maiden Lane #12.75).The Ladies of Ivy Cottage (Tales from Ivy Hill #2) by Julie Klassen.Queens of the Conquest: England’s Medieval Queens, Book One by Alison Weir.The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin.The Secrets of Flirting (Sinful Suitors #5).Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Ever After by Jude Deveraux