Tantrums & tiaras - Linda Francis Lee

As soon as she could, Carlisle Wainright Cushingescaped the stifling social confines of Willow Creek, Texas, to make a new life for herself as a hotshot lawyer in metropolitan Boston. Now, against her will, Carlisle has been dragged back to Texas to head up Willow Creek's 100th annual debutante ball. The killer attorney is now hemming dresses and warding off catfights, not to mention dealing with her mother's impending fifth divorce and Jack Blair, the first love who keeps making her forget she has a fiance back in Boston.

And with only three months to transform a motley crew of scruffy teenage rebels into elegant and sophisticated young ladies, Carlisle'sball looks set to be a night to remember - for all the wrong reasons!