Author Description

"Discover four heroines in historical Austin, TX, as they find love - Jane Austen style"--Page [4] of cover. Simply Lila (based on Lady Susan): Yearning to find a real-life hero, a wallflower must learn to live outside the pages of an Austen novel. Fully persuaded (based on Persuasion): A brokenhearted artist struggles with the shame of her family's bankruptcy and the return of her first love whose proposal she's spurned because he was poor. Mansford Ranch (based on Mansfield Park): An aspiring novelist with a keen eye for character must determine who is worthy of playing her own leading man. Sense and nonsense (based on Sense and sensibility): A would-be missionary is determined to make it to Ceylon, but when her funds disappear, she has to accept help from the man she most wants to avoid.