George and Magdalen are not exactly what anyone would call a happy couple. In fact they hate each other. The minute Tim or anyone for that matter, walks in Magdalen tries to get them into sexual situations. She finally succeeds with Tim and when George finds out about it, he totally reads the situation wrong. In his slowness, he thinks Magdalen does this for attention and not because she actually thinks that he is an idiot.
Every situation is infused with many characters to complicate all matters.
Add the drug dealer who Tim stole from, his lackey and a cross-dressing contractor and you have a story only William Monahan could have though up. No one is even able to travel anywhere because the inn has been hit by a nor'easter. Between tempers and the actual storm, it is a miracle that anyone might get out alive. This is perhaps one of the oddest books I have ever read. After I finished the book, I set it down on the table next to my bed and just sat there in shock.