Episode in Palmetto, by Erskine Caldwell. Signet books, 1958, 3rd printing, paperback.
Vernona Stevens came to Palmetto to teach school. But her striking beauty and appealing vitality proved serious handicaps in her new career. Almost every man in town sought her favors - married men, bachelors, widowers, and schoolboys. And hard on the heels of the pursuing males, came the hostile, jealous women. Between them, they forced Vernona into a way of life she had tried desperately to avoid.
