When beloved town matriarch Pearl Clemmons dies on a warm June afternoon, the folks of Adams Grove, Virginia, can hardly believe it. Sure, Pearl was eighty-five years old, but everyone -- particularly her granddaughter Jill -- just assumed she would live forever. Now Jill must return home to settle Pearl's estate, comfort a town in mourning . . . and face Garrett Malloy, the man who broke her heart years ago.