21st Century Austen

Ginny Darcy is a modern woman with a classic problem. She's proud and confident of her candy making heritage, but she's at a loss when it comes to romance and the mesmerizing eyes of Elliot Bennet. After being kicked out of her family's candy store for not being able to keep her opinions to herself, she goes to Lacock, MA to help her friends open their own sweet shop. She butts heads with Elliot, whose family's candy store has been in town for decades and is only hanging on because of local support. He makes it clear that he doesn't like an entitled outsider trying to help the competition. Dislike blooms immediately, but a night stuck together in a snowstorm has Ginny rethinking her initial reaction. As her crush grows into infatuation, she shares her feelings with Elliot only to be rebuffed. She's blindsided when he tells her he could never love someone he thinks is trying to destroy his family. Her pride in herself nearly cost Ginny her job, will it also cost her love? If you like classics made contemporary, enemies to lovers, trope reversals, heroine's ready to fix their mistakes, and candy making, then you'll adore Sara Marks' lighthearted, gender swapped modernization of Jane Austen's “Pride and Prejudice”.

Hanna Thornton is a modern woman with a classic problem-everyone thinks she should settle down, but she refuses to compromise on love.Hanna knows exactly what she wants in a partner and she'd rather be alone than lower her standards. When she's asked, at the last minute, to be the Object of Desire on the hit reality show Romancing The One, she accepts. Not because she's looking for love, but because the paycheck will help make her dreams come true.Then she meets Oscar Tilney. Their instant attraction is undeniable, but the producers have their own ideas about who should win Hanna's heart-and Oscar isn't part of the plan. When he's suddenly eliminated under suspicious circumstances, Hanna starts questioning everything, including whether she's been playing the game or being played herself.If she can stay true to her convictions, she might just give the audience someone worth rooting for, uncover the truth behind Oscar's departure, and finally take a real chance on love.If you love classics made contemporary, reality TV romance, instant attraction, and finding love where you least expect it, you'll adore Romancing Mr. Tilney, Sara Marks' lighthearted, gender-swapped modernization of Northanger Abbey!Buy now and see if Hanna can rewrite the script on love!

Lizbeth Dreyfus is a modern woman with a classic problem. She holds everyone to impossible standards - even herself. It's her senior year of college, she's president of her sorority, and she has to finish her honor's thesis to graduate. She doesn't expect to meet a man who holds her to even higher standards and criticizes her at every turn. When he professes his love in spite of her flaws, she finds herself questioning how she treats the people she loves. If she can put aside her prejudices like Wil did with his pride, she may be able to be with the man she didn't realize she loved, figure out her own future, and save her sorority sisters from being kicked off campus. Pride, Prejudice, and Pledging is the absorbing stand alone second book in the 21st Century Austen romantic comedy series. If you like classics made contemporary, enemies to lovers, academic romances, and socially awkward heroes, then you'll love Sara Marks' lighthearted modernization of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Buy now to see how this modern woman gets her happily ever after.

Carrie Woodhouse is a modern woman with a classic problem She's trying so hard to be all things to all people, she's forgotten to be what the most important person in her life needs. Carrie is determined to make a difference in her hometown of Lacock, MA. She knows she's luck to have it all. Her family's yarn shop is the bustling heart of downtown. Her love life with partner Zack Knightly is exactly what her heart wants. When she's invited to join the Community Center's board of trustees, the generous businesswoman seizes the chance to put all her ideas for the locals into action. Even though she thinks she inviting the best to help on the advisory team, she soon butts heads with the manipulative Chamber of Commerce CEO. Burning the candle at both ends leaves her with a failing business and a lover looking for the door, Carrie frantically scrambles to keep it all together. If she can find a way to support her community while being a real partner to those she loves, maybe she can prevent her good intentions from destroying everything she built. Unraveling Carrie Woodhouse is the intriguing stand alone fifth book in the 21st Century Austen romantic comedy series. If you like classics made contemporary, yarn & crafts, friends to lovers, romance in the kitchen, then you'll love Sara Marks' lighthearted modernization of Jane Austen's Emma.