He's a happily married man. She's a happily married woman, with a daughter and a dog. There's absolutely no reason why they should ever meet.

Until a commercial airliner crashes into the Potomac River. Two of the victims are linked by a clue that at first stuns and baffles, then draws together their surviving spouses.

The explosive discovery leads them on a journey that forces them to confront the mysterious and random nature of love--and the transforming power it wields over men and women caught in its relentless maelstrom.

A sensitive examination not only of the luck factor in bringing people together but also of the effects of infidelity on its victims...Adler is keenly aware of the psychological aspects of [his characters'relationships, and this helps to give his novel its verisimilitude and its capacity to hold the reader to the very end.