The People We Fight For

Joe likes knowing where he stands. Work makes sense. Routine makes sense. Doug, his best friend since high school, makes sense too-even when the two of them have a talent for ending up in situations neither one planned. Then Joe meets Kasie. She's smart, capable, funny, and not particularly interested in letting him hide behind the life he's gotten comfortable with. What begins as attraction starts pulling Joe toward things he had quietly stopped expecting for himself: teaching, partnership, love, and the possibility of a future that looks very different from the one he imagined. Meanwhile, Doug is getting married, an old fight story refuses to stay in the past, a neglected pub becomes part of their lives, and a bachelor party goes spectacularly off course. Through all of it, Joe has to figure out something he's never been especially good at: letting people matter without keeping one foot pointed toward the door. The People We Fight For is a funny contemporary romance about love, loyalty, lifelong friendship, second chances, and the people who become family long before anyone says the word.