If it had not rained on a certain May morning Valancy Stirling's whole life would have been
entirely different. . . One day Valancy Stirling a quiet shy old maid decides to stop
listening to her nosy small-minded relatives and start doing exactly as she pleases. Over the
next year Valancy's choices will transform her life outrage her family confuse the entire
town of Deerwood--and bring her into close contact with the mischievous mysterious
violet-eyed Barney Snaith. This is a heartwarming romance with a bold contemporary message--a
life spent appeasing other people is a wasted one--from the beloved author of the Anne of Green
Gables series.
