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Kevin McGregor is struggling with many aspects of his life. His can't seem to find his stride with his new career, his family is under financial duress, and he seems very disconnected with his wife, Liz. After staying back from a family trip, he stumbles upon a book that changes his life and brings him back to serendipity.

Synopsis No one knows where life takes you, yet everyone has a path. For Kevin McGregor, a seminal moment that alters his course is the night he meets Liz Hampton. Their meeting is truly episodic as neither are searching to find someone. Nevertheless, they quickly begin dating and eventually get married and start a family. However, after a few years, the externalities of life encroach upon their happiness severing their communication and creating distance between them. Even worse, Kevin is struggling to find his stride in his new career and the McGregor's are under financial duress. Their relationship gets even more strained when Kevin tells Liz at the last minute that he is staying home from a family trip to finish a paper for graduate school. In an exasperated state, Liz quickly finishes packing the car and pulls down the driveway with tearful eyes leaving Kevin and their dog Rigby behind. The next day, a despondent Kevin stumbles upon a book about the journey of two people that fortuitously meet but are forced apart by a random event. After several years, the two eventually find their way back to each other as fate gives them a second chance. The relatable story prompts Kevin to reflect on his own life which ultimately sends him back to serendipity.

About the Author Doug Basile has been in the financial services industry for more than two decades. While a career in finance was a departure from his liberal arts studies at West Virginia Wesleyan College, he places an extremely high value on the education that he received there. It was at Wesleyan that he first developed his love for writing and gained the experiences that became the genesis of this book. The original concept for the story was rooted more than twenty years ago, but he never felt the urge to write about it until a business trip to Washington DC prompted fond reflections that reinspired the idea. Doug is a fervent believer in the power of compounding. For this endeavor, walking every day and writing typically early in the morning helped crystalize his thoughts and foster the creative process. Doug was born and raised in Rocky River, Ohio and currently lives in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin with his wife Amy and two children, Avery and Vance.