At the end of Petoskey Stones, Del had finally admitted to herself that she married the wrong man. It's a hard fact to face because it involves so many decisions which her family will violently oppose. 

The year is 1948, that transition moment when women were still Daddy;s problem until marriage made them Hubby's problem, when the goal of every young woman was marriage, when the engagement ring on the finger was the ultimate status symbol. Del's parents had finally, after years of struggle, persuaded her to marry her long-time wannabe lover, Bradley Boynton. The last thing Del hungered for was the title of Mrs. Bradley Boynton. She was in love with a folk dance instructor who was wildly popular with all the women in the dance group and seemed not at all the marrying kind. Angry with herself for lusting after an uncatchable male, she'd elooped with Bradley and promptly regretted the fact.

Now, reunited with her folk dancer love, she has many worries. Was she wrong about him? Is he the marrying kind after all? And if he is, can he ever blend into a family where Bradley was for so many years the chosen one, the adored son-in-law to be?  

This book explores the complex relationship between Del and her mother. Millie, the heroine of Stormland, who fought had to bring her family out of poverty and ensure that they made something of theiir lives, will not lightly transfer her loyalty from  the man she'd chosen for her daughter to a newcomer who strikes her as "not our kind of people." And the Spanish dancer, Hilario, will prove not so impervious to her rejections as Del had hoped. There will be many problems ahead for this forcibly blended family.