Amy Leonard is a hard charging, brilliant senior associate up for a partnership at a world renown financial engineering firm. Suddenly, she is staring into an abyss, having to choose between two irreversible, life altering options. Reggie Boykin, her protégé at her firm, offers her a "noble but stupid" third option. Amy reluctantly realizes the third option, no matter how difficult it would be, may be the least bad of the three options. Amy knows Reggie has a dark secret in his life that keeps him unsmiling and insulated emotionally from others. With the third option, each of them find what they need in life is not so different. It wasn't until the past intruded and threatened to destroy both of their lives that they understand what is important. Amy must confront her greatest fear - twice. Only then does she understand what she has been looking for. A Third Option is an easy to read story that will make the reader cry, laugh, and be sorry it's over.