Kelly Morgan knew the no-nonsense-having, wears-high-heels-with-everything writing beauty Monet Gibson years before she hit the campus of East Lewis University. As children, they had grown close while sharing secrets under the maple tree of his parentsa backyard. Now, beloved minister of their childhood church, Kellyas feelings for Monet are as unshakable as the bond of their fourteen-year-long friendship. Now that she is engaged to the up-and-coming advertising executive Tony Phillips, can the down-home Midwestern minister compete with the East Coast heartthrob? Will staunch determination to do right by Monet allow Kelly to marry her off to another man? Or will simmering jealousy interfere with Monetas happily ever after?