The Jane Austen Marriage Manual

A sparkling first novel in which a Jane Austen devotee decides to find out if she can, indeed, marry for money

Katherine Shaw is happy with her life. She has supportive friends, a glamorous magazine career, and a love of all things Jane Austen. So what if her boyfriend ran off with all her money? So what if she’s about to turn forty? She’ll move on. But when she loses her job, when her beloved grandmother falls ill and her mother’s gambling debts force a sale on the family home, Kate finds herself facing a crisis that would test even the most stalwart of Austen heroines. Friends rally round, connecting her to freelance gigs, and presenting her with a birthday gift— title to land in Scotland—that’s about to come in very handy. Turns out that Kate’s first freelance assignment is inspired by Jane Austen herself: is it possible, in these modern times, to marry for money? It’s all hypothetical, of course, until Kate considers the venture a way to solve her family’s financial woes. What begins as an article turns into an opportunity as Kate—now Lady Kate—pursues and is pursued, until at last she is forced to choose between Mr. Rich and Mr. Right.