SKIRTING TRADITION

Sarah Novak has an impossible dream. She wants to be a schoolteacher, but everyone in Riverford, Texas in 1895 knows that immigrant farm girls do not become teachers. It s an absurd notion, and the sooner it s squashed, the better! Riverford has another problem -- a troublesome newcomer named Victoria Hodges. She s a Bohemian nonconformist who ran off to Europe 20 years ago to become an artist. How she managed to hook wealthy local businessman, Hayden Hodges, is more than a body can understand. One thing s for certain. She s a corrupting force who must be removed from decent society! These things can get out of hand, you know. Fortunately, Edith Bellows knows how to nip these problems in the bud