Emma Crawford has it all: fame, fortune, good looks, and charisma.Fortunately for those around her, she is just as generous as she is wealthy. After helping her friend Weston get his own talk show, Emma realizes she rather enjoys helping others and begins looking for someone new to bestow her guidance upon. Enter Winter White, stage name of Brittany Smith. The cousin of Weston's makeup artist, she is doe-eyed and blinded by the glitz and glamor of Hollywood. It just so happens that Emma needs a new assistant, preferably one without ties in the industry who could sell her out. An unlikely friendship begins to grow between them, and Emma realizes that Brittany could have a much bigger career than the one she's hoping for as St. Martin's, Ohio's resident meteorologist. However, Liam Price, a beautiful professional soccer player, introduces complications as he informs Emma that maybe what she thinks is best for Brittany isn't actually what is best for her. Hollywood has its dark side, one that Emma has glimpsed but was luckily sheltered from by her domineering father. As time goes on, Emma starts to realize that she needs to find courage in herself. This dramatic coming-of-age story features solid writing, complex characters, and good pacing. Emma and Brittany are white; Liam is Brazilian and Jewish.A modern Hollywood do-gooder offers a fun spin on Austen's classic. (Fiction. 14-18) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

When something doesn't work out, Emma Crawford is undaunted. She tried college but now she's back in Hollywood with a great new role and a fabulous, if naive, assistant, Brittany. Emma, who loves a challenge, is determined to make timid Brittany the soap-opera star she knows she could be, but there are roadblocks: a childhood rival brings out the worst of Emma's insecurities; her brother Harlan, the villain of Seeking Mansfield (2017), is sinking further and further into debauchery; and old friend Liam Price is suddenly, alluringly, back in her life--and completely off limits. As she pushes Brittany toward a life in Hollywood, Emma comes face to face with the dark side of the industry that she's always been happy to ignore. While there's an occasional allusion made to the difficulties of being a woman of color in Hollywood, it's not something that is touched on at length. Still, this adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma, often frothy and fun, takes a hard look at female complicity in the Time's Up era.