Dating in mid-life, especially when both parties have teen children, can be a challenge. When Julie and James move in together, with her daughter Gwen and his son Nathan, the fireworks go off big time. Gwen and Nathan detest each other. Julie and James are madly in love, but they have very different styles of childrearing. And though they try for the longest time to keep their love for each other uppermost, problems with their children become overwhelming. Gwen and Nathan soon stop hating each other and start making out with other. It becomes increasingly difficult for Julie and James to hide their impatience and outright disgust for the other's child. Their dreams of an idyllic life together begin to disintegrate. As sad as this is, the story is beautifully written and rings abundantly true. Sometimes love isn't enough.