An unexpected summer romance stretches into fall in this two-novella set. When longtime theater professional John heads to Virginia to play Oberon in the Theater in the Woods’s production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the last thing he expects is become captivated by Michael, the actor playing Puck. Despite reeling from a personal loss - and being inexperienced with men - John rushes headlong into an affair with Michael. But their fling may be doomed by secrets and a sinister discovery neither man is prepared for. Overwhelmed by the intensity of his new relationship, John struggles with the challenges of learning to date again while also coming out to his colleagues, his football rec league friends, and even his ex-wife. But when he invites his parents over for Christmas, the holiday—featuring Michael’s family’s amateur production of Twelfth Night—quickly turns into a French farce of potentially catastrophic proportions, forcing John finally to take the lead in claiming his evolving identity even as he takes the next step in his relationship with Michael. This anthology contains the first two books in the Love's Labours series: Midsummer and Twelfth Night.

Summer. Shakespeare. Skulls. When longtime theater professional John heads to Virginia to play Oberon in the Theater in the Woods's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the last thing he expects is to become captivated by Michael, the actor playing Puck. Despite reeling from a personal loss - and being inexperienced with men - John rushes headlong into a steamy relationship. But the fling may be doomed by secrets and a sinister discovery neither man is prepared for and John has to decide what to do in the face of mounting evidence his boyfriend might actually be a changeling. This anthology contains all three books in the Love's Labours series: Midsummer, Twelfth Night, and Tempest.

After their May/December affair in the hothouse of a summerstock theater production, John and Michael are back in New York City and facing the consequences of their summer fling. Overwhelmed by the intensity of his new relationship, John struggles with the challenges of learning to date again while also coming out to his colleagues, his football rec league friends, and even his ex-wife. But when he invites his parents over for Christmas, the holiday—featuring Michael’s family’s amateur production of Twelfth Night—quickly turns into a French farce of potentially catastrophic proportions, forcing John finally to take the lead in claiming his evolving identity even as he takes the next step in his relationship with Michael.

Two men. One woman. No love triangles. Jamie Conway has a charmed life. At 24, he's relocated from Dublin to London to star in his first feature film. Unfortunately, he also has one very big problem: He has a huge crush on his happily married costar. British heartthrob to middle-aged women everywhere, Callum Griffith-Davies should have more sense than to flirt with his new-to-the-business colleague, but good judgement isn't one of the qualities for which he's known. Nerea Espinosa de Los Monteros Nessim has better things to do than fret about her husband's newest conquest. She’s busy planning her daughter's wedding at the family's farmhouse in rural Spain. Besides, she and Callum have been married and polyamorous for almost 30 years; she's content to let him make his own bad choices. But when Nerea flies to London after her artwork is selected for a high-profile museum show, she falls for Jamie too. Soon Callum, Jamie, and Nerea have bigger problems, and surprises, than international logistics. From ex-lovers and nosy neighbors to adult children with dramas of their own, The Art of Three is a contemporary romance that celebrates families, and farce, in all shapes and sizes.

'With the publication of Woudhuysen's Arden 3 edition, the magisterial study of the play that will energise a new generation of readers and directors has now arrived.'Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada at Reno, Shakespeare Survey

The forces that shaped the institution of slavery in the American South endured, albeit in altered form, long after slavery was abolished. Toiling in sweltering Virginia tobacco factories or in the kitchens of white families in Chicago, black women felt a stultifying combination of racial discrimination and sexual prejudice. And yet, in their efforts to sustain family ties, they shared a common purpose with wives and mothers of all classes. In Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow, historian Jacqueline Jones offers a powerful account of the changing role of black women, lending a voice to an unsung struggle from the depths of slavery to the ongoing fight for civil rights.