This fresh and whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austenâs classic Pride and Prejudiceâfrom the authors of the âgreat beach readâ (Bookreporter) Emma of 83rd Streetâtransports you to summer in the Hamptons, where classes clash, rumors run wild, and love has a frustrating habit of popping up where you least expect it.
Itâs a truth universally acknowledgedâwell, by Elizabeth Bennet anywayâthat thereâs nothing worse than summer in the Hamptons. She should know: sheâs lived out there her whole life. Every June, her hometown on the edge of Long Island is inundated with rich Manhattanites who party until dawn and then disappear by September. And after twenty-five years, Lizzy wants to leave, too.
But after putting her own dreams on hold to help save her familyâs failing bakery, sheâs still surfing the same beach every morning and waiting for something, anything, to change. Sheâs not holding her breath though, not even when her sister starts flirting with the hot new bachelor in town, Charlie Pierce, and he introduces Lizzy to his even hotter friend.
Will Darcy is everything Lizzy Bennet is not. Aloof, arrogantâŚand rich. Of course, heâs never cared about money. In fact, itâs number one on his long list of things that irk him. Number two? His friend Charlieâs insistence on setting him up with his new girlfriendâs sharp-tongued sister. Lizzy Bennet is all wrong for him, from her money-hungry family to her uncanny ability to speak to him as bluntly as he does everyone else. But then maybe thatâs why he canât stop thinking about her.
Lizzy is sure Will hates everybody. He thinks she willfully misunderstands them. Yet, just as they strike an uneasy truce, mistakes threaten Charlie and Janeâs romance, with Will and Lizzy caught in the undertow. Between a hurricane and a hypocritical aunt, a drunken voicemail and a deceptive party promoter, the two must sift through the gossip and lies to protect the happiness of everyone they loveâeven if it means sacrificing their own. But when the truth also forces them to see each other in an entirely new light, they must swallow their pride to learn that love is a lot like surfing: sometimes the only way to survive is to let yourself fall.