Old Mrs. Gower would never have rented the room to Stacy Lowell if she had dreamed that her grandson, Sterling would waste a second glance on the tall, red-haired girl with freckles-too many freckles. Shy Stacy, a stranger in a strange town, was grateful for the room-and for her friendly neighbors, Eddie Abbott and his pretty wife, Lee, old Mr. Dodson, and warm-hearted Bill Bradley who so obviously liked her. She was truly happy...until the day Sterling Gower gave her a lift home from thelibrary where she worked. He was, she thought,the handsomest man she had ever seen. She was flattered when he indicated that he'd like to see her gain. It bothered her a little that he insisted on a secret meeting-obviously he didn't want his grandmother to know. It bothered her more to lie about it to Lee and Eddie and Bill...especially Bil.But Stacy was under a kind of spell. Could she break it, before it was too late...?