<div><div><P><B>The century-old <I>Gentlewoman's Guide to Love and Courtship</I> is no ordinary book club choice. But for the little book club in Smitten Vermont it might be their best pick yet!</B></P><P>The thick leathery tome Heather pulled out of the dusty cardboard box was definitely coming home with her. Not only was <I>The Gentlewoman's Guide to Love and Courtship</I> an appealing curiosity by virtue of its title but it was also written by Smitten Vermont<br>native Pearl Chambers a local gentlewoman from three generations back.</P><P>Little did Heather know the repercussions this little curiosity would have on her and her friends' romantic exploits.</P><P>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.</P><P>What's more a handwritten inscription indicates that the arcane book might hold the only clues leading to buried gold - exactly what one of the members needs to keep her house. How could they not go treasure hunting?</P><P>In this remarkable collaborative collection besties Colleen Coble Kristin Billerbeck Diann Hunt and Denise Hunter tackle the tale of <I>The Gentlewoman's Guide</I> 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.</P></div></div>