Spotlight of The Dane of My Existence by Jessica Martin

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THE DANE OF MY EXISTENCE

JESSICA MARTIN

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ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY OF CHELSEA PASCOE | PUBLICIST | BERKLEY | PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE.

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From the author of For the Love of the Bard, comes another hilarious rom-com about a powerhouse lawyer who goes toe-to-toe with a commercial developer, to save her Shakespeare-obsessed hometown.

 

Jessica Martin’s second novel returns to the quaint and fictional town of Bard’s Rest, New Hampshire [think Stars Hallow]. Readers fell in love with Miranda Barnes and her family in Martin’s debut and will love revisiting them in this new story, told from Portia Barnes's point of view. 

 

Martin’s debut received major attention from the Boston Globe, USA Today, Bustle, Entertainment Weekly, and many more.

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July 4, 2023

Berkley Trade Paperback Original

Romantic Comedy Contemporary Romance

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ABOUT THE DANE OF MY EXISTENCE:

The Story: Portia Barnes is the youngest managing partner in her law firm’s history, and she and her stilettos are poised to step into the role of her dreams—leading the firm’s new Boston office. 

But first she’s taking a summer sabbatical in her hometown of Bard’s Rest, New Hampshire, where she discovers something’s rotten in the midst of the town’s annual Shakespeare festival.

Hotshot commercial developer Benjamin Dane is sniffing around Bard’s, and while Portia isn’t necessarily a Shakespeare fanatic like the rest of her family, she’s not about to let him bulldoze the town’s beloved outdoor theater. 

 

Yet to Portia’s dismay, Ben proves as skilled as she is when it comes to outworking, outmaneuvering, and one-upping the competition. 

 

While she’s never hesitated to wage war against hyper-successful alpha males, Portia is caught off guard by Ben’s openness and lack of arrogance. 

 

As her own long-constructed walls start to come down, Portia 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 balance, Portia faces an impossible decision—Ben or Bard’s?—unless she finds a way to broker the merger of her life, and ensures the curtain falls on a happy ending for everyone.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Jessica Martin is a lawyer by trade, a writer by choice and a complete smart-ass by all accounts. 

 

Based in the suburban wilds of Boston, Jess shares her life with a finance geek, a small sass-based human and a pair of dogs named after Bond characters. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

**AUTHOR'S INFORMATION TAKEN FROM AUTHOR'S AMAZON PAGE** 

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