First published 2016
Liz Bennet works as a magazine writer in New York City. When her father suffers a health scare, she and her yoga instructor sister Jane travel back to Cincinnati. Their childhood Tudor home is falling apart. Their mother obsesses over marrying off her daughters before Jane turns forty. Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia spend their days doing CrossFit and following Paleo diets instead of working. Middle sister Mary pursues her third online master's degree while making mysterious Tuesday night trips. At a Fourth of July barbecue, Jane meets Chip Bingley, a doctor who recently appeared on the reality dating show Eligible. Chip shows immediate interest in Jane. His friend, neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy, strikes Liz as arrogant and unpleasant. The family's financial troubles mount while Mrs. Bennet schemes to secure matches for her daughters. Liz finds herself drawn into the complications of modern dating and family obligations in this contemporary retelling of a classic story.
Genres: fiction, family, romance, contemporary, 21st-century, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: New York City, Cincinnati
Period: 21st-century
512 pages · Paperback · Random House Inc (T)