A Misconception of Fate Author:James Bailey Five years after fleeing Seattle for a fresh start in Georgia, Sam Hawkins returns, unsure if he?s heading home or leaving it behind. His homecoming reunites him with his family and his high school buddies, but after the initial fun and games he comes face-to-face with a stark reality: Unemployment sucks. Of course, work?s not much better when h... more »is doofus boss rides him for his lack of devotion and his attempts to casually play the field in a small office blow up in his face. It all just makes quitting that much sweeter. When he finally scores a break, his faith that everything happens for a reason?even if he doesn?t always understand why?is restored. But the celebration doesn?t last long. He wakes up in the park, bruised, battered, and minus one Hawkmobile. Enter 17-year-old Monica Dawsey. A recent transplant from Nevada, she soon begins monopolizing his time, much to the chagrin of his mother?not to mention hers. The hard-drinking Sam and his teenage girlfriend! have a settling influence on each other, and they?ll need it when life hands them a disappointment so bitter that even Sam can?t reconcile it with his vision of fate.« less