A forty-something blonde white woman in a simple black dress that reveals her neck and shoulders is driving an old-fashioned car as sun streams onto her through the windshield. "A Coin of Love Romance, Wind in Her Hair, Goldie and Lammy Winner Karin Kallmaker"

Longing to escape from her conventional, constrained life, Irene finds herself with a car of her own for the first time in her life. A missed exit, a pulp novel, and a little town called Mariah change everything.