They're Nazis. Americans of German descent and newly arrived in LA, Vi and Veronica are welcomed into the German community. Very quickly, they realize many of their new friends are Nazis bent on keeping the US out of WWII, defeating FDR, and installing Hitler on the West Coast at any cost. MacNeal models her characters on a real mother-daughter undercover spy team determined to stop the impending coup. Many readers may find the themes chillingly familiar day.