The author of Pride and Protest has provided readers with another electric modern take on Jane Austen. At their father's funeral, they find out their mom and dad's relationship, which didn't include marriage OK, but still they thought was THE family, his only family, well they were actually secret because their dad was really married to someone else all these years with kids over there too. And the REAL Mrs. Dash and her kids inherit most of the estate. And they are going to get kicked out of their house. But they do inherit a beat-up old house in Maine, if they can fix it up and make some money to pay off the foreclosure fast. And they don't see other Black faces in the neighborhood.  Another well-written, can't-put-it-down take on Jane Austen. We hope Nikki Payne covers ALL Austen's novels! Wow. Readers guide included. Berkley Romance. 2024. Paper. NEW. $16.00