Three Charming, Funny And Warm-hearted Novels From The Bestselling Author Of The Dales Series. The Little Village School Elisabeth Devine Causes Quite A Stir On Her Arrival In The Village. No One Can Understand Why The Head Of A Big Inner City School Would Want To Come To Sleepy Little Barton-in-the-dale, To A Primary With More Problems Than School Dinners. And That's Not Even Counting The Challenges The Mysterious Elisabeth Herself Will Face: A Bitter Former Head Teacher, A Grumpy Caretaker And A Duplicitous Chair Of Governors, To Name But A Few. Then There's The Gossip. After All, A Woman Who Would Wear Red Shoes To An Interview Is Obviously Capable Of Anything . . . Trouble At The Little Village School Elisabeth Devine Certainly Rocked The Boat When She Arrived In Barton-in-the-dale To Take Over As Head Teacher Of The Little Primary School. Now It's A New Term, And After Winning Over The Wary Locals, She Can Finally Settle In To Her Role. Or So She Thinks . . . The School Inspector Calls! Summer Has Arrived In Barton-in-the-dale And As A New Term Begins At The Little Primary School, It's Not Just The Warm Weather That's Getting People Hot Under The Collar.