So this is a story about Stef and Lena and it's just a made up thing about how they met. In this story, none of the kids are in the picture and neither is Mike. Stef is a police officer living on the 5th floor of an apartment building and Lena is a vice principal living on the first floor of that same apartment building. Enjoy:)

This is what some would call an "imperfect love story." In the previous book of this series called, Sweet Family of War, Stef and Lena ended their very toxic marriage which was not only affecting them but their four childen whom they both desperately love and adore. This story follows the Adams/Foster households as well as the Browns and tells of a time in their lives where they learn to heal, grow, mature and make better decisions. Not all decisions will be perfect but lessons will be learned and love will be found. Thank you for reading book 8 in the "Sweet Love of War" book series.

It's 1986, and the Adams Foster family continues to face their demons head on. Young Jude has now been living with the family for a couple of months, but they still have hurdles they need to face together including how he can be adopted and how they can get him to talk. Lena and Stef still are working on their marriage while Frankie works on the deep anger she has faced for most of her life. Both Callie and Stefanie are nearing the end of their high school years, and Corey is coming to terms on what it means to grow up in a house full of women and his little brother.

With the news that Jude Devanol is in fact Will Adams biological son how will the family adjust to this? Will Lena and Frankie finally be able to heal and move on once and for all? Will Stef and Lena figure out how to merge their little family legally amidst the country's ban against the gay community and their rights?

Stef and Lena have moved their little family back to San Diego, CA to finally settle down once and for all. Having made the move after several incidents back in NYC, they are ready to put the past behind them and start fresh and new with hope for a bright future. Little do they know that life will continue to throw curve balls at them which includes someone showing up on their doorstep with news that breaks their hearts. Follow our Adams Foster family as they learn to navigate married life, a blended family, homesickness, teen angst and so much more. Laugh and cry with them, for this is your family, too.

This story picks up in the summer of 1984 after the death of Stef Foster's older brother, Frank, Jr. Callie, having experienced her mother's panic attacks from an early age, asked Lena to stay because she thinks her mom is having a breakdown from the sadness of everything that's happened over the past year. Lena has a choice to make: leave everything behind and start a new life with her girlfriend in NYC or let Stef go once and for all. Will these two families finally come together and grow strong? Or are they destined to remain friends living on opposite sides of the country?

Stef and Lena finally buried the hatchet back in 1979, after the death of Lena's ex husband, Will, who had become close friends with Stef, and through that death, they realized that life is too short to remain at odds. Writing letters back and forth, they still remain engulfed in their own lives trying to show their kids that strength is in endurance and not throwing in the towel when life becomes too hard. Will these, two, ever again fall in love? Or will they just remain the best of friends with memories of the fall of 1969?

Ten years have passed since Stef and Lena parted ways without a goodbye, and a lot has happened. Lena is a single mom going to school for her Masters in San Diego while trying to navigate a meaningful life for her and her kids. Stef is rookie cop for the NYPD living in small dinky apartment where she is raising her little girl who is currently the love of her life. The pair have been living separate lives with no communication and the only thing that they have in common is Julius, both of whom claim is their best friend. Will they ever cross paths again? Or are they destined to live separate lives for the rest of theirs?

It has been more than 16 years since Stef and Lena Adams Foster were released from prison as they remain deeply in love and committed to one another and their growing family. After Callie's life continues to go down the drain, Stef and Lena fight to provide a stable life for Baby Stef and their new grandchild, Faith. This is the sixth book in the Hard Time stories.

This is an L Word Fanfic about what would happen when all the girls get with people. But it's focused on Jenny/Marina. So there.