“Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience – or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
Just a few years after their father’s business scandal shatters their lives, Jane and Celia Woodward find themselves forced out of their San Francisco tea shop. The last thing Jane wants is to leave their beloved shop on Valencia Street, but when Celia insists on a move to Austin, Texas, the sisters pack up their kid sister Margot and Jane’s tea plants, determined to start over yet again.
But life in Austin isn’t all sweet tea and breakfast tacos. Their unusual living situation is challenging and unspoken words begin to fester between Jane and Celia. When Jane meets and falls for up-and-coming musician Sean Willis, the chasm grows deeper.
While Sean seems to charm everyone in his path, one person is immune – retired Marine Captain Callum Beckett. Callum never meant to leave the military, but the twin losses of his father and his left leg have returned him to the place he least expected—Texas.
In this modern spin on the Austen classic, Sense and Sensibility, the Woodward sisters must contend with new ingredients in unfamiliar kitchens, a dash of heartbreak, and the fragile hope that maybe home isn’t so far away.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: Jane of Austin
Book Author: Hillary Manton Lodge
What do you like about this book:
"The woman in the kitchen had the same kind of energy, the same kind of focus that made you want to pay attention because whatever it was she devoted herself to was worth your time."
Jane Woodward is eye catching; lovely yes, but her inherent determination and seemingly one track mind involving the art of tea brewing, is a study in contrast to everyone who meets her. Bravely moving from California to the guest cottage of a cousin in Austin, Texas, she and her two sisters find themselves starting over once again, their Valencia Street Tea shop no longer on Valencia Street but piled high on tables and shelves in their tiny abode. Two men invade Jane's inner sanctuary; the handsome Sean Willis and the brooding Callum Beckett, but it's the one with the heart of a hero that has to work the hardest.
Witty, endearing, and reminiscent of its namesake, "Jane of Austin" is a more- than- enjoyable read, including the yummy recipes tucked within, which of course must be accompanied by tea!
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