Longbourn

LongbournA NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Fans of Austen will take particular pleasure" (People) in this irresistibly imagined belowstairs answer to Pride and Prejudice. While Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters fuss over balls and husbands, Sarah, their orphaned housemaid, is beginning to chafe against the boundaries of her class. When a new footman arrives at Longbourn under mysterious circumstances, the carefully choreographed world she has known all

amateur chef

With Taylor's help

Set against a lush backdrop of Napa Valley wine country

But with a few conditions: Darcy must help Elle navigate her own overbearing family during the holidays and their arrangement expires on New Year's Eve

and Elizabeth Kostova

Alice comes up with a plan for them both: another summer in that magical place

Alice spent just one summer there at a cottage with Nan when she was seventeen--it's where she took that photo

"I'll read anything she writes

from the author of The Black Bird Oracle

White Christmas meets Nora Ephron in Jenny Bayliss' latest wholehearted

And when Juliet's coming out crashes and burns

it's a pleasant existence