Love isnтАЩt just an act in this captivating and flirty romance by New York Times bestselling author Jane Porter.
Forty-nine-year-old Margot Hughes has lived and breathed theater for the past twenty-five years. After a devastating breakup with her playwright fianc├й, she wants nothing to do with the industry. She has sworn off New York, theater, actorsтАФall of it. She returns to her hometown on CaliforniaтАЩs central coast and takes a job in real estate, where she manages significant investment properties. But MargotтАЩs suddenly thrown back into the theater world when Sally, her friend and boss, who had been restoring and funding CambriaтАЩs historic theater, has a heart attack. Before she knows it, Margot is tapped to take over the troubled summer production of Barefoot in the Park.
But the play is no walk in the parkтАФthe leads and director have all quit, and Margot struggles to find new actorsтАжuntil Max Russo arrives. Forty-five-year-old Max is a former soap opera star turned rugged cowboy on TVтАЩs most popular western series.┬а┬аMax has a huge following and is the perfect hero to step up and save the play, provided Margot stars opposite him.┬а┬а┬аAlthough adamant she would never┬аreturn to theater, Margot enjoys the long hours of rehearsal with a professional like Max, who is charming, witty, and passionate. But when the curtains close, can Margot allow herself to fall for Max when he represents everything she left behind?