Gutsy, gorgeous Fiona Range is, at thirty, beginning to worry that the chaos of her life is at a stage she should have grown out of by now. Responsibility has never lain easily with Fiona, a good-time girl used to the struggle of being the odd one out - the motherless wild child was raised by the highly regarded, well behaved family of her uncle Judge Hollis, a man whom Fiona can't help but disappoint. Her actions on a single night further push her away from the community, quick to condemn, in her small home town. In her search for love and understanding she confronts her father, an unstable Vietnam veteran who denies she is his.
With the arrival of Fiona's gentle cousin Elizabeth - with fiance in tow - first loves, past mistakes and current passions are brought to the fore . . . but Fiona is not the only one guilty of harbouring terrible secrets. In a gripping finale, Fiona's family proves to be less of a comfort than a harbinger of hurt and, ultimately, danger.
