PICTURE OF MARITAL BLISS. THEIR FRIEND VICKY IS WIDOWED, THEIR FRIEND DENA DIVORCED. VICKY HAS BROUGH HER LOVER, 26 YEAR OLD KEVIN STOWE, A YOUNG MAN ASPERA AND WILL HAVE REFERRED TO DERISIVELY AS 'BABY KEVIN'. BUT KEVIN IS TO PROVE DANGEROUS BEYOND HIS YEARS. INTO THE TIES THAT BIND THIS GROUP, HE INTRODUCES LOOPS AND SLIPKNOTS, AND SOON ASPERA FINDS SHE MUST BRING NEW ORDER -- BEGINNING A VERY LONG WAY BACK -- TO ANY RELATIONSHIP SHE MEANS TO KEEP.