The first novel of New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux's
breathtaking new series set in Summer Hill, a small town where love
takes center stage against the backdrop of Jane Austen's Pride and
Prejudice
Enter Elizabeth Bennet. Chef Casey Reddick has had it up to here with
men. When she arrives in the charming town of Summer Hill, Virginia, she
leaves behind a demanding boss at a famous D.C. restaurant and a breakup
with a boyfriend jealous of her success. Some peace and quiet on the
picturesque Tattwell plantation is just what she needs to start fresh.
But the tranquility is broken one misty morning when she sees a gorgeous
naked man on the porch of her cottage.
Enter Mr. Darcy. What Tate Landers, Hollywood heartthrob and owner of
Tattwell, doesn't need on a bittersweet trip to his ancestral home is a
woman spying on him from his guest cottage. Mistaking Casey for a
reporter, Tate tries to run her out of her own house. His anger, which
looks so good on the screen, makes a very bad first impression on Casey.
Hollywood he may be, but he's no sweetheart to Casey--and she lets him
know it!
The plot thickens. Sparks fly--literally--when Casey is recruited to
play Elizabeth Bennet opposite Tate's Mr. Darcy in a stage adaptation of
Pride and Prejudice. Just brushing past Tate makes Casey's whole body
hum. As they spar on and off stage, Casey begins to think she's been too
quick to judge. Tate is more down-to-earth than Casey expected, and she
finds herself melting under his smoldering gaze. But then Tate's
handsome ex-brother-in-law, Devlin Haines, who is playing Wickham, tells
Casey some horrifying stories about Tate. She is upset and confused as
she tries to figure out who and what to believe. As she finds herself
falling for Tate, Casey needs to know: Is the intense, undeniable
chemistry between them real, or is this just a performance that ends
when the curtain falls?
Praise for The Girl from Summer Hill
"Kicking off a new series set in Summer Hill, Virginia, the New York
Times bestselling author brings Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice to
the theater--and into the twenty-first century. . . . A steamy and
delightfully outlandish retelling of a literary classic."--Kirkus
Reviews
"[An] enjoyable start to a new trilogy . . . This book will delight
fans of Austen and Deveraux alike."--Publishers Weekly
