Set in the shadows of the southern reaches of the Appalachians in 1979, Chestnut Cove: Belles and Balls picks up shortly after the end of Chestnut Cove: Poseurs and Portraits and continues to tell the story of the Stuart family, their friends, and those not so friendly to them.In 1958, Elizabeth Kohler was murdered. The truth about her death remained a mystery for twenty years until the child she saved as her last act, KD Stuart, ferreted out key details and forced answers from one of those involved. Now, with no legal evidence against the perpetrators, KD and Matt Hunter-KD's godfather and Elizabeth's fianc -must find another way to bring the killers to justice.