"It's hard to say which is the bigger news—that Hazel Marie Puckett has finally wed Mr. Pickens, the father of her twins, or that the oft-married Francie Pitts is back in town and living at the new Mountain Villas retirement complex. Abbotsville, North Carolina's irrepressible Miss Julia springs into action when Francie accuses Etta Mae Wiggins of hitting her over the head and stealing a bangle bracelet. Also back in town is Christian psychologist Fred Fowler. He was the perpetrator of an embarrassing incident in the church parlor when Miss Julia was newly widowed, and now she will do anything, including pretending to be ill, to avoid having to attend Dr. Fowler's marriage-enrichment classes with her second husband, Sam. (And why is Sam so interested in the classes, anyway?)"—Booklist