Jerri did not expect her father to be abandoned by his beautiful youthful wife–or for him to be snatched up by the hoochie slut–before she could go and rescue him. If he had only loved his little girls more, she would have been able to be there, especially since the prince in her life suddenly reverted to the frog he must have always been, leapt into a bigger pond, and she was footloose for the first time in 8 years. Then there was Joe, a complication she could do without.