Richard P Ley - Novelist / Screenwriter

Genre: Drama, Suspense, Romance

Logline: When a man on the brink of suicide is reunited by chance with his childhood sweetheart on a flight, their fated reunion reignites a lost love—but as buried secrets and dangerous entanglements surface, he must choose between the life he’s built and the love he never let go.

Pitch:

What if the person who unknowingly saved your life... was the one you let slip away years ago?

In A Twist of Fate, Jake Clark and Samantha Sampson were childhood sweethearts, inseparable until life pulled them in different directions. He left for college; her family moved away without warning. Years passed, and though they never stopped thinking about each other, they never reconnected—until a chance encounter on a flight change everything.

Jake is a broken man, weighed down by a slow-motion personal tragedy and the collapse of the company he’s been sent to save. Ready to end it all, he boards a plane—suicide note in hand—only to look up and see Sam standing in the aisle.

Their reunion sparks more than just old memories. As Jake struggles to keep his secrets buried, Sam finds herself entangled in a relationship with a charismatic man who may not be who he claims to be. When her world spirals into danger, Jake becomes the only person who can save her—just as she once unknowingly saved him.

Emotional, gripping, and threaded with suspense, A Twist of Fate is a story about first love, second chances, and the mysterious force that brings people back to each other—exactly when they need it most.

Target Audience:

Adult Women (Ages 25–55)

Readers who enjoy emotional, character-driven romantic dramas
Fans of second-chance love stories with real-life complexity
Women who appreciate layered storytelling with nostalgia, heartbreak, and redemption

Genre-Loving Readers:

Nicholas Sparks fans (e.g., The Notebook, Dear John)
Readers of romantic women’s fiction like Kristin Hannah or Colleen Hoover
Fans of Lifetime movies or Hallmark dramas with a slightly darker, more mature tone
Viewers who love romantic dramas with suspense elements (e.g., Safe Haven, The Best of Me)

Film & TV Watchers Who’d Be Drawn In:

Audiences who loved Sweet Home Alabama, One True Loves, or The Time Traveler’s Wife
People who enjoy stories that span time, tug at the heart, and explore the idea of “the one who got away”