ELIZABETH OF EAST HAMPTON

From the authors of Emma of 83rd Street, a modern retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice set in the Hamptons, where classes clash, rumors run wild, and love has an infuriating habit of popping up where least expected...

It's a truth universally acknowledged - well, by Elizabeth Bennet anyway - that there's nothing worse than summer in the Hamptons. She should know: she's lived out east her whole life. Every June, her hometown on the edge of Long Island is inundated with rich Manhattanites who party 'til dawn and then leave by September. Not that Lizzy blames them. After 25 years, she's anxious to leave too. But after putting her own dreams on hold to help save her family's failing bakery, she's still here, surfing the same beach every morning and waiting for something, anything, to change. She's not holding her breath though... not even when her sister Annabelle 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, arrogant... and rich. Of course, money has never mattered to him. In fact, it's number one on his long list of things that irk him. Number two? His friend Charlie's insistence on setting him up with his new girlfriend's sharp-tongued sister. Lizzy Bennet is all wrong for him, from her money-hungry family and her wild red hair to her ability to speak to him as bluntly as he does everyone else... maybe that's why he can't stop thinking about her. Lizzy is sure Will hates everybody. He thinks she willfully misunderstands them. But just as they strike an uneasy truce, mistakes and misconceptions threaten Charlie and Annabelle's perfect romance - with Lizzy and Will caught in the undertow. Between a hurricane and a hypocritical stepmother, a drunken voicemail and a deceptive real estate developer, the two must sift through the gossip and lies to protect the happiness of the people they love - even 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 as they learn that love is a lot like surfing: sometimes the only way to survive is to let yourself fall. Audrey Bellezza is a two-time Emmy-nominated TV producer who has spent over twenty years writing, developing, and executive producing non-fiction television shows for a number of networks and streaming platforms. Audrey lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children. Emily Harding is a writer and TV producer whose work has appeared on numerous networks and websites. When not hunched over her computer working on her bad posture, she can be found losing another game of Monopoly to her husband and two kids.