I can just imagine what a strain it would be to have your ex-fiancé as your new boss. Here you are trying to get tenure at your college an in addition to having to write a book, take care of her aging father and pursue a new romance, Anne Corey now has to deal with ex-fiancé Adam Martinez. What's a girl to do? By The Book is a modern take on Jane Austen’s classic Persuasion and what fun it is.