 Meanwhile, Merry fulfills her aspiration to a life of domesticity caring for a husband and child by marrying Doug Blake and moving to a beach house in Malibu.Although Merry is happy, she can't help but envy Liz for her glamorous career as an author.Merry decides to write a book of her own and, with Liz's assistance, "A House by the Sea", a trashy roman à clef about the Malibu colony, finds a publisher and becomes a huge best-seller.