title: Amanda
author: Smith, Debra White
description: IF YOU'RE A JANE AUSTEN FAN, YOU'LL LOVE THE ENGAGING CHARACTERS, CONTEMPORARY SITUATIONS, ISSUES OF FAITH, AND INTRICACIES OF LOVE IN DEBRA WHITE SMITH'S UPDATED
  RETELLING OF AUSTEN'S ENDEARING BOOK EMMA.
  
  Smart, funny, and generous, Amanda Priebe is a great friend to have... until the matchmaking bug bites. Deciding that her secretary, Haley, needs a beau, Amanda dreams up the perfect match -- Pastor Mason Eldridge. Never mind that Haley is seeing Roger, a respectable dairy farmer. And it doesn't really matter that Mason might be attracted to someone else.
  
  When it comes to her own heart, Amanda can't seem to make up her mind what she wants to do. The handsome and debonair Franklyn West is available... so is the ever-present Nate Knighton.
  
  In this tangled web of best-laid plans, who will end up with whom? Will Haley find true love? Will Amanda realize what her heart's known all along?
  
  A lively tale of plans gone awry, affection in unexpected places, and the ultimate power of faith and love.