Evelina has returned to her sleepy Southern hometown of Glendale, Tennessee, but she is no longer the quiet girl they once knew. Fresh from the vibrant art scenes of Paris and armed with a fiercely modern spirit, she brings with her the revolutionary ideals of the women's suffrage movement-and a shocking new theory about love. Why should women wait around to be chosen? Why can't a woman do the proposing?As she attempts to put her bold ideas into practice, Evelina turns her conservative community upside down and ignites a powder keg of gossip, scandal, and unexpected romance. Will her progressive approach win the heart of the man she desires, or will her radical spark burn down her chances at true love?Narrated with Southern charm and wit, The Tinder-Box is a delightfully progressive, ahead-of-its-time romantic comedy that proves some rules are meant to be broken.