At the same time her brother's preparation for a biopic brings Emma closer to Liam, a soccer star with a habit of dropping truthbombs. Over the course of martial arts training and working to bulk up for the warrior character she is to play, Emma begins to mentor a young woman whose aspirations are limited to becoming a meteorologist for a local television station. This re-imagining of Jane Austen's classic story Emma introduces us to the titular character as a young movie star poised to take on a new role. But as Emma comes in close contact with the darker side of Hollywood, she starts to question the glamorous world she’s always known and realizes her role in it needs to change-if she can find the courage to go off script. Not only is Liam her former best friend’s older brother, but he’s gorgeous, smart, and has no problem pointing out the (totally exaggerated) flaws in Emma’s plans. And because Emma knows best, she’s sure that steering Brittany onto the right path is all she needs to do to make her a star-even if Brittany doesn’t know it yet.Įmma’s plans start to unravel, however, when professional soccer player Liam Price re-enters her life.

When Emma’s search for an assistant leads her to the wide-eyed Brittany Smith, Emma sees the big screen in the girl’s future. The summer after her first year of college, teen starlet Emma Crawford returns home to Manhattan to prepare for the role of a lifetime-and play career matchmaker to her friends. Emma gets a Hollywood-tinged, feminist update in this funny and fierce retelling of Austen’s classic about a well-intentioned but tragically misguided matchmaker.

Seeking Mansfield by Kate Watson