A. Paul Bergen has writter a clever, philosophical, irreverent, wicked little comedy about love, lust and religion in the small town of Masonville. From the masturbatory tub of the wealthy, aging and seemingly pious widow Vera Klaussen, devious plots are conceived manipulating the unsuspecting victims of her strange desires. Caught in the web of her intrigue is an ensemble cast of wacky characters including a fearless, teenage witch; a bully she is determined to slay; a gay minister with a straight but kinky wife; a race car mechanic who knows a few things of his own about lust and manipulation; a voluptuous hair dresser who rides more than a red Cadillac; and the unforgettable Rev. Browner who likens himself unto the image of God. From this indelible human circus, swirling in a stew of unexpected twists and turns emerges a status quo of strange, sexual couplings that vexes even the intents of the puppet mistress herself. Both the raveling and unraveling of this conundrum of events is to the reader’s delight.