title: Thus Entwined
author: Bersi, Robert M.
description: University Chancellor, Dr. Jack Baron and twenty-four-year-old Zoya Alexandrovna Chalkin cross paths briefly at a World Trade Center reception for Russian oil executives. A train of unexpected events involving colorful third parties progressively engage them in each other's lives. Amid tumultuous political machinations between New York investment bankers, Las Vegas power brokers, a billion-dollar charitable foundation, and two major universities, Jack and Zoya realize their love for one another. They must now nurture and protect it and themselves from those forces bent on crushing their dream.