4 girls and their dad go to stay in a cottage, part of Arundel. They meet a boy, go to his party, and have many upsets with him, including going many times into his mother’s secret garden and eavesdropping.

The oldest girl, Rosalind, falls in love, and finds out something horrible about her crush, Cagney. He has a girlfriend. The boy, Jeffrey, has a snooty mother who has an awful boyfriend. They want him to be a military general while he wants to be a musician. He lives in a mansion, part of Arundel. The girls bake brownies and cookies, nearly set their house on fire, let a rabbit belonging to Rosalind’s crush, Cagney, loose, write and shred a book, find secret passages, and do much more.There is a lot of humour and excitement, and I recommend this book to anyone who likes to read!