"... a comical whirlwind of deception, adultery, desperation, drag queens, stiff cocktails, nervous breakdowns, an anonymous stalker, and suburban swingers. The lives of a failed erotic novelist, a hostess of prim marital-aid parties, an artist and a bookshop owner--all members of the artsy crowd in Omaha, Nebraska--collide one snowy winter evening the week before Valentine's Day"--P.[4] of cover.