It's 1935, and there's a firebug on the loose in Darling. What's more, a dangerous hurricane is poised to hurl itself in Darling's direction while a hurricane of a different sort is making a whirlwind campaign stop: the much-loved-much-hated senator from Louisiana, Huey P. Long, whom President Roosevelt calls the "most dangerous man in America." Add Ophelia Snow's secret heartthrob, Liz Lacy's Yankee lover, and the Magnolia Ladies' garden of red hot pokers, fire-red salvia, and hot pink cosmos, and you have a volatile mix that might burst into flames at any moment.-- Back cover.