Don Juan in Hankey, PA

A socialite, a retired dermatologist, a hometown opera singer, and a bipolar ketchup heiress have lofty dreams of turning their local opera house into Lincoln Center on the Schuylkill River.

But the reality is that the Hankey Opera Company stands on the brink of financial ruin. They think mounting an ambitious production of Mozart's 'Don Giovanni,' a popular opera about history's most legendary womanizer, will solve their problems. It turns out to be the most disastrous decision the guild has ever made.

First, the leading man pulls out of his contract. Then, they chance their future on an up-and-coming Argentine baritone with marquee-idol looks who begins behaving exactly like a modern-day Don Juan. His insatiable need for sex is dragging the opera company down with him.

Guild members begin acting like characters straight out of the opera: the scorned lover, the determined flirt and her overly jealous boyfriend, and the pimping manservant devoted to his bad-boy master.

Don Juan in Hankey, PA seethes with wild jealousies, convoluted mysteries, wry comic turns, aria-singing ghosts, mysterious assailants, captivating intrigues, longing, lust, and love, and will have readers flying through its pages. Prior knowledge about opera is optional. Love of laughter is absolutely essential.

Here's a book trailer featuring the glorious overture from Mozart's Don Giovanni.