A Gently Revised Selby's Sins, is the edited version of the original book which was for mature adult audiences. This is the revised version for young adult audiences. This fictional romance novel, by Brenda Montana, is the story of an economically impoverished girl from the beaches of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Gulfport, Mississippi. It depicts Selby's life as she experiences the woes of young love and heartbreak in high school and on to her progress at a junior college, where she falls in love with Bruce George, a transplant from Virginia. Selby is a poet and strives for world-renowned recognition. Bruce's father is a New York publisher.
Bruce is engaged to Elaine, his father's publishing partner's daughter, but he falls in love with Selby. A trip to Virginia to Bruce's family home while Bruce's father reviews her work, lands Selby into the most luxurious setting she has ever imagined.
Bruce's father realizes his son is in love with the Mississippian and presents his enamored son with an ultimatum: Selby's success as a poet for Bruce's marriage to Elaine. Will Selby survive the heartbreak of her life or let it ruin her future?