Life is over for Louisa Bryson. It has been a year since David-her fiance, from whom she had been inseparable since childhood-was killed in a tragic accident, only days before their wedding. She is still inconsolable and resigned to a life of mourning her one and only love. Two men, one of them her fiance's brother, the other a stranger with an unusual past, both yearn to rescue Louisa from her torment but know they must tread carefully if they are to succeed. Set in the English countryside of the early 1800s during the turbulent period of the Battle of Waterloo, Jane Dawkins, author of two acclaimed continuations of Pride and Prejudice, recounts Louisa's struggles to come to terms with life in this tale of love, heartbreak and redemption.

She has beauty, poise and intelligence, a diamond of the first water, a prize of great value, but she is not happy. Lady Davina Woodburn feels totally uprooted. A country girl at heart, she is a better judge of horse-flesh than any man, enjoys the wild freedom of her rural life, and is not afraid to attend the births of the farm animals, or patch up a wound in either man or beast. Nineteen-year-old Davina feels quite out of place in London. She wishes to be back where she feels she belongs, certainly not on the London marriage mart. Had her aunt not insisted upon it to her father, she would still be back home... then she would never have met and lost the man of her dreams. In One Perfect Afternoon, Jane Dawkins (author of the acclaimed Pride and Prejudice continuations, Letters from Pemberley, and More Letters from Pemberley) tells another sparkling tale of another spirited young woman. Like Elizabeth Bennet, Lady Davina Woodburn sometimes ruffles the feathers of those around her, and her independent mind is often at odds with society in the English Regency period in which she lives. "One Perfect Afternoon is a wonderfully told story and will touch your heart...Jane Dawkins] has again brought style and grace into the telling, along with vivid scenery and lush costuming...one Regency romance you won't want to miss." -- Rose Brungard, RomanceAtHeart.com

Best known for her acclaimed continuations of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Dawkins' latest book is set firmly in the present day, and in her home town. "I have spent so much time writing in England's Regency period, the early 19th century, that I decided to explore the present day for a change," she said. Described as "a love song to a very special island, and an ode to women of a certain age" this "romance for grownups," is set in New York, London and Athens, as well as Key West. Dawkins maintains that her latest book will be best enjoyed on a beach under a palm tree, with a cold drink in one hand.