21st Century Austen Series

Emma Shaw is a modern woman with a classic problem.  Eight years ago, Emma put her career and family above her own needs. She's cut out the man she loves, is exhausted from carrying the emotional load for her family, and her dream career as an editor is on the brink of disaster. Now she has to face the man she gave up eight years ago in order to keep her career. When her ex's book launch is in crisis, her bosses coerce Emma to step in to save it even if that's no longer her job. Forced to spend a month on the road, Emma has too much time to think about her regrets but also discover new opportunities to make the life she thought she would have, including a second chance with Fredrick. If she can run her life as well as she runs this book tour, she can save her career, be with the man she loves, and maybe tell her family where to stick it.  Modern Persuasion is the charming first book in the 21st Century Austen romance series. If you like classics made contemporary, forced proximity, reunited lovers, workplace romance, and road trips, then you'll adore Sara Marks' lighthearted modernization of Jane Austen's Persuasion. Buy now to see how this modern woman gets her happily ever after. 

Lizbeth Dreyfus is a modern woman with a classic problem.    She holds everyone to impossible standards - even herself. It's her senior year of college, she's president of her sorority, and she has to finish her honor's thesis to graduate. She doesn't expect to meet a man who holds her to even higher standards and criticizes her at every turn.   When he professes his love in spite of her flaws, she finds herself questioning how she treats the people she loves.   If she can put aside her prejudices like Wil did with his pride, she may be able to be with the man she didn't realize she loved, figure out her own future, and save her sorority sisters from being kicked off campus.   Pride, Prejudice, and Pledging is the absorbing stand alone second book in the 21st Century Austen romantic comedy series. If you like classics made contemporary, enemies to lovers, academic romances, and socially awkward heroes, then you'll love Sara Marks' lighthearted modernization of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.   Buy now to see how this modern woman gets her happily ever after.

Amelia Ward is a modern woman with a classic problem.   She's meddled in her friend's love lives and lost the people closest to her. Now she has to earn their forgiveness before it's too late.   After successfully playing matchmaker, Amelia believes she has a knack for understanding what makes relationships work. Not that she's in one, but she's sure she knows. Which is why she's surprised to be proven wrong after trying to set up her roommate with the Student Government President.   If she had listened to her best friend, Adam Parker, when he warned her, maybe this could have been avoided. Now her roommate is barely speaking to her, the President is trying to destroy Amelia's life, and Adam only sees her faults.   Amelia needs to recognize her mistakes and take accountability before she makes things worse and loses what's most important to her. She's determined to regain her roommate's trust, turn the political machinations against the president, and show Adam that she understands what love is — because she loves him.   Love and War in Woodhouse Hall is the intriguing standalone third book in the 21st Century Austen romantic comedy series. If you like classics made contemporary, friends to lovers, misguided matchmakers, and redemption stories, then you'll love Sara Marks' lighthearted modernization of Jane Austen's Emma.   Click buy now to see how this modern woman gets her happily ever after.

Welcome to the most wonderful place in the universe! A place for joy, friendship, and maybe love.   Katie Merton is a graduate student with an impulsive streak. When her aunt and uncle invite her to join them on a last-minute, all-expense-paid trip to the Northanger Parks California theme park and resort, she jumps at the chance to visit her favorite place! Who cares that she's just started her final semester of graduate school and has a temporary job as a project manager starting in a few weeks?   Katie knows she's made the right decision to take this trip when she meets popular YouTube personality Ethan Thornton and his sister. Spending time with them makes the trip even more magical, and Katie finds herself unexpectedly carried away by the possibility of a new relationship.   She's convinced she's right about Ethan's feelings for her when the Thornton's invite her to extend her vacation by joining them for a week at the Northanger Parks in Florida. Once there, Katie struggles with the Thornton's domineering father, who sends her packing when Katie brashly kisses Ethan. Heartbroken, Katie returns home seeing all the ways her assumptions and misjudgments led to her banishment.  She has to learn to accept Ethan's needs and make sure they fit with hers if she's ever going to find her happily ever after.

Carrie Woodhouse is a modern woman with a classic problem   She's trying so hard to be all things to all people, she's forgotten to be what the most important person in her life needs.   Carrie is determined to make a difference in her hometown of Lacock, MA. She knows she's luck to have it all. Her family's yarn shop is the bustling heart of downtown. Her love life with partner Zack Knightly is exactly what her heart wants. When she's invited to join the Community Center's board of trustees, the generous businesswoman seizes the chance to put all her ideas for the locals into action.    Even though she thinks she inviting the best to help on the advisory team, she soon butts heads with the manipulative Chamber of Commerce CEO. Burning the candle at both ends leaves her with a failing business and a lover looking for the door, Carrie frantically scrambles to keep it all together.   If she can find a way to support her community while being a real partner to those she loves, maybe she can prevent her good intentions from destroying everything she built.   Unraveling Carrie Woodhouse is the intriguing stand alone fifth book in the 21st Century Austen romantic comedy series. If you like classics made contemporary, yarn & crafts, friends to lovers, romance in the kitchen, then you'll love Sara Marks' lighthearted modernization of Jane Austen's Emma.

Ginny Darcy is a modern woman with a classic problem.   She's proud and confident of her candy making heritage, but she's at a loss when it comes to romance and the mesmerizing eyes of Elliot Bennet.    After being kicked out of her family's candy store for not being able to keep her opinions to herself, she goes to Lacock, MA to help her friends open their own sweet shop. She butts heads with Elliot, whose family's candy store has been in town for decades and is only hanging on because of local support. He makes it clear that he doesn't like an entitled outsider trying to help the competition.   Dislike blooms immediately, but a night stuck together in a snow storm has Ginny rethinking her initial reaction.  As her crush grows into infatuation, she shares her feelings with Elliot only to be rebuffed. She's blindsided when he tells her he could never love someone he thinks is trying to destroy his family.    Her pride in herself nearly cost Ginny her job - will it also cost her love?   If you like classics made contemporary, enemies to lovers, trope reversals, heroine's ready to fix their mistakes, and candy making, then you'll adore Sara Marks' lighthearted, gender swapped modernization of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.