This is the story of a family deeply involved in the world of boxing. It revolves primarily around two Australian brothers Jack and Billy Finnegan, their Father Gary and a girl named Cathy Reilly. It shows how family loyalties can change. How love can turn into hate and how manipulation can be used and abused when success and other people's perceptions become the primary motivations.
Young man meets a young woman and falls in love. Over the years they have problems. Eventually he becomes guardian to two teenagers. All find happiness.
Tom and his father could never see eye to eye on almost any subject. Jack was a 'my way or the highway' sort, but when Jack issued an ultimatum on Tom's final day of high school, Tom chose to hit the road. Five years later he went in search of the answer to a hundred year old mystery, following the clues left by a man who died of pneumonia while ranting about 'a wall of gold, beyond the mirror.'
John was a man's man and was soured on romance. Julie was half owner in "Menage A Trois," a sexy woman's boutique. It took corrupt cops, a shooting and a TV reporter to get them together. Oh yes, John got his erect "profile" shown on television. That helped the romance a little.
This story can stand alone but it is a continuation of a prior story which should be read to better understand the storyline and the characters. There is some sex but that is not the main theme of the story.