Smitten by the Brit

An English professor starts a new chapter in her life and is swept up in a Jane Austen-esque romance with a modern day duke

Bonnie Blythe has modeled her life after her favorite books. If only her fiancé would get on the same page and agree to a wedding date.

She's not at all bitter that her best friend is getting married to a man she's known for less than a year, and Bonnie most definitely isn't thinking about the best man to be, Theo Wharton. It's just whenever she talks with the blue-eyed Brit, sparks fly.

When a shocking reveal ends Bonnie's engagement, she accepts a summer teaching job at Cambridge—only an hour away from Theo. Bonnie isn't ready for a new relationship, but the chemistry between her and Theo is impossible to ignore. But Theo's been hiding the truth about his identity; will Bonnie be able to weather the plot twist and grab the happily ever after of her dreams?

A Star Wars junkie and Shakespeare groupie who quotes both Yoda and the Bard with equal aplomb, award-winning author Melonie Johnson—aka #thewritinglush—is a two-time RWA Golden HeartR finalist who loves dark coffee, cheap wine, and expensive beer. And margaritas. And mimosas. And mules. Basically any cocktail that starts with the letter m. She met her future husband in that most romantic of places—the mall—when they were teenagers working in stores across the hall from each other. They went on to live happily ever after in the suburbs of Chicago with two redhead daughters, a dog that’s more like a small horse, and a trio of hermit crabs. After earning her Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Loyola University Chicago, Melonie taught high school English and Theatre in the northern Chicago suburbs for several years. Now she writes smart and funny contemporary romance and moonlights as an audiobook narrator under the pseudonym, Evelyn Eibhlin.