RUDE AWAKENINGS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT picks up where Confessions left off, telling the parallel story of Jane Mansfield, a gentlemans daughter from 19th century Regency England who, after a nasty fall, wakes up in Courtneys complicated and confusing (not to mention overly wired) LA life.

Though she cant begin to fathom what her boss means by syncing a blackberry, what this strange contraption called an Ipod is, and how people can flirt without expectations of marriage, Jane finds herself intrigued by this new world. She is comforted by the machine called a television where she can watch scenes from her favorite book Pride and Prejudice, and by Courtneys friend, Wes, a handsome, young gentleman who reminds her of the man who broke her heart back home.

A self proclaimed Jane-ite and lifelong member of the Jane Austen Society of North America, Laurie Viera Riglers sharp prose stands out above the perennial offerings of Austen-inspired fare. Her first novel Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, the story of modern girl who finds herself in Jane Austens era, quickly climbed the national bestseller lists and received rave reviews from The Washington Post and USA Today. Rigler returns with the highly anticipated RUDE AWAKENINGS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT (Dutton, June 25, 2009, $25.95), which tells the parallel story of a woman from Regency England who wakes up in todays chaotic modern world—complete with Ipods, blackberries, and Facebook.