The book opens at the funeral of Flora Dunbar--our narrator and the one who has spent her lifetime burning. Although Flora has struggled to be good her whole life, she hasn't always been able to live according to society's standards and morals. Her problem? A forbidden love that is condemned and misunderstood--even by herself.
You see, Flora's love for her twin brother Rory extends beyond love for a brother. Their intense closeness as children was difficult to let go of once they were grown. Although both tried to seek out more traditional and acceptable life partners--Flora as a pastor's wife to Hugh and Rory as a husband to Grace (a fellow musician)--they find their need and desire for each other has morphed into something sexual. Despite trying to fight their incestuous feelings, they eventually succumb to their mutual yearnings and, in doing so, set in motion a complex chain of events that leaves every member of the Dunbar family untouched and unscathed.
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