Smitten Book Club in Bloomington, MN

The century-old
Gentlewoman’s Guide to Love and Courtship
is no ordinary book club choice. But for the little book club in Smitten, Vermont, it might be their best pick yet!
The thick, leathery tome Heather pulled out of the dusty cardboard box was definitely coming home with her. Not only was
The Gentlewoman’s Guide to Love and Courtship
an appealing curiosity by virtue of its title; it was also written by Smitten, Vermont native Pearl Chambers, a local gentlewoman from three generations back.
Little did Heather know the repercussions this little curiosity would have on her and her friends’ romantic exploits.
When Heather and her fellow book club members begin passing the book around, their respective interpretations are unleashed on their respective love lives . . . for better or for worse. Is it a mystery? An idealist fantasy? An intimation of Jane Austen? As romantic love finds its way to each woman, the
Guide
proves itself both surprisingly prescient and hilariously irrelevant.
What’s more, a handwritten inscription indicates that the arcane book might hold the only extant clues leading to buried gold—exactly what one of the members needs to keep her house. How could they not go treasure hunting?
In this remarkable collaborative novel, besties
Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Denise Hunter,
and
Diann Hunt
tackle the tale of the
Gentlewoman’s Guide
by writing for one book club member apiece.
Smitten Book Club
is a hopeful, hilarious story of friendship and healing, written by friends for friends.