Spending her days alone in the city while her husband attends a conference, Samantha Harris discovers that the window in her room has unexpected properties, allowing her to escape from the mundane into the magical. Stepping through the window one morning, Samantha finds herself experiencing life in ways far removed from her own reality. And, as the days go by, she finds herself increasingly reluctant to return to her real life and to Colin. But when Samantha goes missing without a trace, Colin is desperate to find out where she has disappeared to and why. An Incidental Life is a story about imperfect relationships and escapism that ultimately asks the question: can real life ever hope to stand up to the lure of a fantasy?