It's been six years; six long years since Merriweather stood on the wooden walk in town and received a lecture for letting her puppy get away from her. Francis Adams, whom she'd adored since the day she was born, had the nerve to strike her bottom and lectured her as the whole town looked on. She had never forgotten it. And she never will. Now, she returns home just in time for the season ball, only to find she's been tricked by her dearest friend. The place she vowed never to go; the man she vowed never to see, is here. Can she run? Hide? Or is it too late? "Hmph. It's impossible not to know when Merrie Adams enters a house." ~Miss Hazel. Another delightful story from The Damsels of Shenandoah County, ~Pippa Greathouse