THE WRONG MR. DARCY

Hara Isari works at a small city newspaper. She recently submitted an article to a contest for sports reporters, hoping to gain a broader audience for her work. When she wins the contest, Hara’s prize is the opportunity to fly to Boston to interview Charles Butler, star player for the Boston Fishers professional basketball team. Once she lands in Boston, Hara meets Derek Darcy, another Fishers player and one of Charles’ closest friends. Although there is sexual chemistry between Hara and Derek, the ingrained distrust between professional athletes and reporters keeps them at a distance. However, as a series of implausible events throws them together, Hara and Derek realize their animosity might truly be attraction. The novel is full of huge, meaty plot events: bribery and gambling; winter storms and flooding; secret girlfriends and broken friendships. However, most of these storylines are nonsensical or poorly developed, and none of it deepens the relationship between Hara and Derek. Hara is ostensibly a trained reporter, but she misses a huge story right under her nose until Derek inexplicably blurts it all out to her and then swears her to secrecy. Characters are thinly developed; for instance, Derek and Hara are each disappointed in their parents, but there is very little detail about what makes them tick as adults. Despite the title, the connections to Pride and Prejudice are meager and likely to disappoint readers looking for a stronger Austen connection.

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