Publisher's Synopsis
Charlotte Elkins is preparing for her wedding to Melvin, the local blacksmith, and although she sometimes has second thoughts about it she thinks it is far too late to abandon the arrangements. Her wild and passionate younger sister Josie knows that Charlotte would be happier with the local newspaper reporter who has taken a shine to her - but nothing short of an earthquake will shake Charlotte's determination to go ahead with the wedding. When Josie unwittingly provides the necessary earthquake she never bargained for the chain of events that would follow, nor where one reckless decision would lead her...