The Dane of My Existence

When the history and character of her Shakespeare-obsessed hometown is threatened,a powerhouse lawyer goes toe to toe with a commercial developer in a hilarious rom-com from the author of For the Love of the Bard. Portia Barnes is the youngest managing partner in her law firmΓÇÖs historyand she and her stilettos are poised to step into the role of her dreamsΓÇöleading the firmΓÇÖs new Boston office. But first sheΓÇÖs taking a summer sabbatical in her hometown of BardΓÇÖs RestNew Hampshirewhere she discovers somethingΓÇÖs rotten in the midst of the townΓÇÖs annual Shakespeare festival. Hotshot commercial developer Benjamin Dane is sniffing around BardΓÇÖsand while Portia isnΓÇÖt necessarily a Shakespeare fanatic like the rest of her familysheΓÇÖs not about to let him bulldoze the townΓÇÖs beloved outdoor theater. Yet to PortiaΓÇÖs dismayBen proves as skilled as she is when it comes to outworkingoutmaneuveringand one-upping the competition. While sheΓÇÖs never hesitated to wage war against hyper-successful alpha malesPortia is caught off guard by BenΓÇÖs openness and lack of arrogance. As her own long-constructed walls start to come downPortia begins to wonder if he might be more than an archnemesis. With her heart on the line and the future of the town hanging in the balancePortia faces an impossible decisionΓÇöBen or BardΓÇÖs?ΓÇöunless she finds a way to broker the merger of her lifeand ensures the curtain falls on a happy ending for everyone.