Fortunately, Billy Stonecreek saves her from her would be attacker and offers to save her from her parents, by marrying her. Billy is also known for his bad reputation, and his mother-in-law plans to use it to take away his twin daughters. Billy needs a wife and Cherry thinks she needs some place to go other than her parents, so they marry.
If you have read any of the Hawk's Way series than you know that the Whitelaw men have tempers. Cherry's dad Zach is no exception. Zach is furious and tries to persuade Cherry to come home. But, Cherry is determined to be a good wife and mother. The ending is really good. I would have liked to have heard about more of the Whitelaws from the other books and I really missed the labor day picnic that always occurs in every book, except this one. It is still a great book to add to all the other Hawk's Way books.