Joanna Carpenter Dickinson was the proud and ambitious product of a strict Catholic upbringing. She was uninhibited, sensual and sexually aggressive, but only with Danny, the man she married. She used the word "sexsational" to describe their evenings, and never once considered seeking outside satisfaction. If she had, the last person she would have thought of was Walter. Sweet, kind Walter. As ordinary as the number two...and married to Joanna's best friend, Shelby.

Joanna was happy in her marriage, and the fact that Danny was not the chief breadwinner did not bother her until it started to bother him. Their squabbles escalated, and their friends, good ole Walter and sexually frustrated Shelby, stepped in to help.