When safely married partners are carried off course by romantic passion, they inevitably make a mess: guilt, shame, family wreckage, loss of social place. But not always. Perhaps, as in the case of big city journalist Sloan Fox and his improbable therapist Naomi Wise, committed lovers may ultimately reach that beckoning better place. With courage, humility and a measure of grace, they may pursue their longing to an intimation of the very source of longing. Sometimes love finds a way.