Focusing on the dilemmas of contemporary women and issues of responsibility and choice, Boylan waves a flag for the dispossessed and the marginalised and prises love out of its romantic mask. She makes the reader laugh out loud and then compels an uncomfortable self-examination. Here, published in a single volume edition for first time, are all three of her short story collections: A Nail on the Head, Concerning Virgins, and That Bad Woman.