Ain’t she sweet / Susan Elizabeth Phillips 400 p.

Sugar Beth Carey returns to Parrish Mississippi where as a teenager she ruled the town. As leader of the Seawillows she decided what was cool and what was not. She terrorized her illegitimate half-sister Winnie Davis. Her tale of misconduct gets her new teacher Englishman Colin Byrne fired—unjustly. Broke, she returns to find her aunt’s legacy-- a valuable painting. The tables have turned: Winnie has married Sugar Beth’s former boyfriend and is head of the Seawillows; Colin, a successful writer, owns the Carey’s mansion. All the stored up hurts are ammunition to hurt Sugar Beth. This showcases Phillips talent with dialogue and characters.