If I Loved You Less — Gina Welborn

The first novella in the Austen in Austin collection, based on Jane Austen's Emma

Hotel heiress Emmeline Travis knows true love. After all, thanks to her, her former governess is now happily married to the livery owner who works next to her father's hotel. Austin banker Noah Whitley knows Emmeline. He has no qualms with insisting that his best friend's matchmaking skills are more coincidence than reality. While Emmeline is determined to prove him wrong by matching her lovelorn protégé with someone besides the local beet farmer, Noah realizes telling her to do something is one thing. Stopping her is another. When Emmeline's schemes implode and her own heart is broken, Noah knows confiding the depth of his feelings to her would be far easier . . . if he loved her less.