When the local community theater's resident director falls ill and the leading man lands in hospital, Julie is coerced into directing a contemporary take on The Taming of the Shrew and Nate is recruited for the lead. Their initial clash makes way for friendship, and attraction blossoms into love. But a series of vandalisms threaten to close down the show—and gets personal for Julie.
Judy Bagshaw is a retired elementary school teacher and writer in southern Ontario, Canada. She describes herself as "a woman with a mission and a unique vision." Her mission is to write romantic stories that show plus sized women living rich, involved lives. This mission grew out of her own personal struggles living as a large-sized person in a world in which fat is reviled.
She is also the author of the short story anthology At Long Last, Love: A Collection.