Flirting with Fire : Berkley - US : 9780593438428 : 0593438426 : 25 Jul 2023 : Forty-nine-year-old Margot Hughes has lived and breathed theatre for the past twenty-five years. After a devastating breakup with her playwright fiance, she wants nothing to do with the industry. She has sworn off New York, theatre, actors - all of it. She returns to her hometown on California's central coast and takes a job in real estate, where she manages significant investment properties. But Margot's suddenly thrown back into the theatre world when Sally, her friend and boss, who had been restoring and funding Cambria's historic theatre, 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 park - the leads and director have all quit, and Margot struggles to find new actors until Max Russo arrives. Forty-five-year-old Max is a former soap opera star turned rugged cowboy on TV's most popular western se