The Evolution of Emma — Kailin Gow

She's always been the one helping her friends find their romantic matches, but can she find one herself? A riotous romance ensues in the next Jane Austen Association novel about the members of a Jane Austen fan club who ends up in a Jane Austen film. Keely Lee's Pride and Prejudice film was a hit so she's directing another Jane Austen film, Emma, at Moon Manor in Derbyshire. She's got the dream cast for a hit film, which includes Hollywood It Girl Susie Sweets as Emma and a cast of Shakespearean actors from The Globe Theater. Keely, her best friend and co-executive producer Ayra Patel returns to Moon Manor where movie magic and romance happens in a second Jane Austen film, Emma. Meanwhile, Keely's father, famed international lawyer Donald Lee, has a major case in England and has traveled from his home in California to London to work in their UK branch. Working with him is Hugh Pembrook, Donald's ex-fiance's, son and close friend to Keely, a British native, and has always taken on the role of an older brother to Keely. Staying at Moon Manor, while working on their case, Donald and Hugh, are also roped into the Emma film Keely is directing, while Keely, a former lawyer for her father's firm, is roped into helping her father and Hugh with their case. Keely, who has always been in charge, finds herself in a dilemma when things do not go exactly as planned, and she, the forever matchmaker, is now the one having to look inward to evolve. The Evolution of Emma is a:Romantic ComedyGrumpy SunshineFriends to LoversMatchmakingSmall TownSweet RomanceBillionaire Romance **The Evolution of Emma is a standalone contemporary romantic comedy for age 14 and up!  Book club questions are also available.