Thirty-year-old Kent McKutcheon has come to Atlanta with little ambition beyond his earnest desire to grow up and be a good person. But after a year of contented, stable existence with his Mennonite wife, Maggie, a defense attorney with a passion for social justice, Kent cannot quiet his longing for Paul, the lover who abandoned him three years before. When an accidental meeting revives their affair, the infatuation theyve kept private soon threatens to destroy the public persona each man has created.In a single night that slips out of control, the volatile mix of emotions leads to murder, and all three characters are suddenly more involved with each others lives than they could have foreseen. And none can hope to escape unscathed.From the Trade Paperback edition.