Publisher's Synopsis
For being given the nickname 'Maybe', Mabiley Sears can be quite decisive if given a good reason. It looks as though she may have found one. She has agreed to court Gilbert Tanner, a recently returned veteran from the still raging Civil War. The courtship was arranged by her father, who soon regrets his decision.The Sears family quickly come to suspect Gil of trying to woo the beautiful Maggie Rose Beckett, while courting their Maybe. Unbeknownst to them, he rejected Miss Beckett before he left for the war. But Maggie Rose is not used to one word in particular - no. She plans to make Gilbert Tanner suffer. Her unrelenting intrusions eventually bring Mabiley to fits of jealousy, and her family to the belief that the farmer is a "double dealing dog". Granny Sears' eagerness to put a bullet in young Gilbert is just one in a series of events that take place in one of the most unusual courtships you will ever encounter. This novella does what all great stories do...pulls you in.
