Four books, four seasons, four Jane Austen retellings.
The Happily Ever Austen series is influenced by some of Jane Austen’s most beloved classics in a steamy contemporary setting. Each book brings the themes of the books to the messy modern life.
Pride & Pancakes found Tristan and Beth at each other’s throats due to their prejudices while also trapped in a snowstorm.
Rash & Rationality will introduce you to a man obsessed with romance who has to learn a little common sensibility or he’ll lose the one woman he keeps missing.
Madeline’s Park is a second-chance romance where Everett Berry has to realize that he’s good enough for Madeline Prix.
Pride & Pancakes | Homebound | Rash & Rationality | Madeline’s Park
When Beth Cho is tasked with interviewing elusive musician Tristan Harty, it’s hate at first sight. Despite his sapphire eyes and lithe frame, he’s got to be the most infuriating man on the planet.
Tristan Harty is already sick of reporters and this one is proving no different. Sure, she might be adorable with her ebony hair and big brown eyes. But her incessant need to dig into his past is dragging on his last nerve.
The bickering duo vow never to meet again, but Mother Nature has other plans for them, trapping them in a Vermont cabin via a blizzard. The more Beth learns about the aristocratic Tristan, the harder it is for her to keep her professional distance, just as Tristan discovers a familiar heart beating in the beautiful reporter’s heart.
But what happens when the snowstorm’s over, and the melted Tristan and enamored Beth are free to leave? Can their reluctant attraction bloom into a deeper love with the thaw of their judgmental ice. Pride & Pancakes is a sweet yet steamy contemporary story inspired by Pride & Prejudice.
Four months into their relationship, Tristan and Beth are sequestered at his home beside a lake. Their cozy getaway is punctured when reporters and his fans figure out Tristan might be dating someone new. Past trauma threatens to break apart the best thing in Tristan’s life. If he can’t process it he could lose Beth forever.
Spoilers for Pride & Pancakes are contained within.
Marty Dashwood is a true romantic. Hearts, chocolates, kisses on the hand—the whole nine yards. His killjoy brother Eldon doesn’t believe in love at first sight, but one day Marty will have the perfect meet-cute, she’ll fall helplessly in love with him and they’ll live happily ever after.
Brandy’s worked with Marty for almost two years. He’s the best friend she could hope for after the accident that took her husband. So she should be happy that Marty finally found what he always wanted, right?
So why does it feel like every time she sees Marty with the ‘Social-Media Angel’ he rescued from a mugger a piece breaks off her heart? How can she explain any of this to him before she loses her best friend forever?
Rash & Rationality is a modern gender-swapped friends-to-lovers Sense & Sensibility, set in a cozy bookshop.
Her heart’s looking for a forever home.
All her life, Madeline Prix’s loved Everett Berry, but she’d be a fool to think he’d ever notice her. She’s nothing more than a big Southern girl with frizzy red hair. No way would the sunshine and perfect Ev look twice at her. While in the middle of a kitten rescue, her childhood crush appears in New York City, hundreds of miles from their hometown. Madeline thinks all her dreams are about to come true when Ev asks her on a date, but her self-esteem crumbles when his ex enters the no-longer-rosy picture.
Everett thought he could start his life anew after a messy divorce in a small country town. Maddy came into his world like a breath of fresh air, but he finds himself stumbling back into old patterns. Can he ever be good enough for someone as sweet as Madeline Prix?
Madeline must choose between the man she’s loved all her life who keeps breaking her heart and a man who’s only good on paper. Good thing she has her adorable cats and best friend to help her out, because her heart may not be able to survive.
Ellen Mint 