After Stefanie Foster is horribly injured on the job as a cop in 1982 New York City, she sinks into a deep depression contemplating suicide until her physical therapist, Lena Adams, gives her the strength and encouragement she needs to rebuild herself and her life.

Stef Foster wants more for her daughter as she tries to climb out of the generational poverty that has plagued her family for decades.

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.

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.

In an alternate reality to The Sweet Love of War Series, this story takes place during the holidays of 1977. All characters are the same but their lives have played out very differently then the original books. Stef Foster never became friends with Julius and Tess, Mike never came home from Vietnam, Will never got injured and Stef and Lena never had an affair. Enjoy this holiday story where the friends come together seven years later in a central location, where friendships are reunited, new friendships are born and love is ignited.

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?

It has been more then 12 years since Stef and Lena Adams were released from prison as they remain deeply in love and committed to one another and their growing family. After a string of tragic events threaten to tear the family apart will they finally each find their own way and sense of happiness? This is the fifth book in the Hard Time stories. NOTE: I do not own the Fosters but I do own this story and all orginal characters I have created. DO NOT copy, steal, or do a modified version or spin off of it. I will report you!

Tough, tells the story of Stefanie Foster who spent most of her teen and adult life in and out of juvie and prison. Released from prison for the third time she continues to live a wild life with her fiance and ex-con, Lena Adams, with no incentive to do better. But will Stef change for the one person who wants to get to know her so badly after a terrible tragedy? NOTE: I do not own the Fosters but I do own this story and all original characters I have created. DO NOT copy, steal, or do a modified version or spin off of it. I will report you!

**WARNING: Don't read if this recent pandemic is a trigger for you!** Childhood friends Stefanie Foster and Lena Adams both return back home to Louisiana in the spring of 2020 as soon as the pandemic known as Covid-19 takes over the entire world. Flying in from New York Lena Adams helps her Nana Eva tie up loose ends with her bee & honey business while continuing to hide her sexuality from her family and rival sister, Tess. Stefanie Foster returning with her ten year old daughter, Frankie, buys back the home her father had lost to the bank only ten years prior that sits on a hill overlooking Nana Eva's land. With a long standing feud between both families since before the Civil War will it continue or finally come to an end? Will Lena Adams ever come out to her family and end up with the love of her life? Will Covid-19 reach their homes? Or will they be able to stave it off?

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.