Not Pricsely Mr. Knightley

Miller riffs on Jane Austen’s Emma with the cute latest in her Silver Teapot series (after Not Exactly Mr. Darcy). Emma Jane “EJ” Bennett and Jordan Knightley, cocreators of the Christian dating app Dream Match, grew up together in small-town Wattle Vale, Australia, and have been inseparable ever since. Having relocated to Sydney, the pair now yearn for different things: Jordan’s drawn to a life centered on family and faith, while EJ hopes to grow Dream Match’s success. Her search for investors connects her to a circle of high-flying elites, including Eric Churchill, a wealthy, womanizing businessman of whom Jordan is immediately suspicious, though EJ’s convinced he’s the key to keeping the app afloat. When Eric and EJ start dating, she’s thrilled to step into his glittering world, but Jordan worries EJ’s abandoning her small-town values. After Jordan shows up at one of Eric’s parties and criticizes its waste and luxury, EJ returns home to Wattle Vale and tries to understand what’s driving her toward success—and how far she’s willing to go to obtain it. Miller has fun modernizing Austen’s conceit with lively characters and zippy dialogue, though she sometimes leans into predictable moralizing about the ills of a superficial lifestyle. Still, there’s plenty here to please Miller’s fans. (Apr.)