Not Precisely Mr. Knightley

Author: Carolyn Miller
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: The Silver Teapot #2
Pages: 258
Release Date: May 1, 2026
Publisher: Barbour Publishing

Can the Matchmaker Find True Love?
 
Emma-Jane (EJ) Bennett and Jordan Knight are longtime best friends who co-designed the immensely successful dating app, Dream Match. Success starts to go to EJ’s head when she gets caught up in the famous and money-hungry social circles and starts dating the son of a TV mogul. But Jordan’s feelings have grown from friendship to more. He determines to protect her by exposing Eric Churchill for the two-timer he is, finally agreeing to attend a function with her at the Sydney Opera House. But his best intentions go awry when EJ is embarrassed and runs for the security of home, small-town roots, and The Silver Teapot Café, feeling like Jane Austen’s chastised Emma—only without her Mr. Knightley.

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Reviewer: Laura J.Davis

If you are a Jane Austen fan, you will “get” the subtle hints of her story Emma in Carolyn Miller’s latest book Not Precisely Mr. Knightley.

I loved this book and this series. If you didn’t read Not Exactly Mr. Darcy, then I highly encourage you to do so, even though Not Precisely Mr. Knightley can be read as a standalone.

In this book, we meet Emma-Jane Bennett (E.J. to her friends) and Jordan Knight. Then have been friends forever. Together then have designed a Christian dating app called Dream Match. The app proves to be so popular that E.J. starts looking for investors because she dreams of more money and prestige. Unfortunately, she meets all the wrong people who want to invest in her app, and soon, she is not only losing the reason she created Dream Match, but putting her faith and her relationship with Jordan, last in her life.

For his part, Jordan is E.J.’s dream match, and he wonders if she will ever recognize how much he wants to be more than “just friends.”

I loved the faith element in this book, and Jordan’s deep convictions and unwavering faith. The writing was superb! The dialogue was natural, as was the dangerous progression of E.J.’s desire to make Dream Match so much more. 

I highly recommend this book!

I received a complimentary copy courtesy of Barbour Fiction via NetGalley for my honest opinion.

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