This is essentially the same story that Hitt used so many times - a young wife, a tyrannical farmer, a meatheaded protagonist drawn into her web. However this time around Hitt seems to have hit a little more on some actual characterization and a climax that goes beyond "and then traditional heteronormativity won again". Although it wraps up just as suddenly as usual, there actually is a denouement, a woman takes actual action - and not just one woman! A real shocker for someone who is used to Hitt's parade of sex dolls and madonnas. Honestly it may be the work of his I like the best.