Keep Fighting (Keep #1)

Victor and Gabriella Scott found each other in 5th grade, and felt destined to be together forever.

At least, that was the plan… But after 20 years of Special Forces service, 17 years of marriage, and the silent erosion of trauma, Vic and Gabbi have become strangers under one roof.

Now retired, Vic feels lost without a mission, and the ghosts of his service haunt him as he struggles to connect with daughters he barely knows.

Meanwhile, Gabbi burns herself out trying to hold their family together alone, masking her loneliness with a resigned stoicism.

Neither feels they can muster the will to fight for what they’ve lost—until Gabbi sets a desperate six-month ultimatum: find each other, or file for divorce.

Progress is slow, time runs down, and hope is all but gone… until Tyson Harris, a childhood friend and former Special Operations teammate, presents an unconventional proposal to help the couple rebuild their relationship.

The intimate offer—a mentorship in open communication and physical rediscovery — piques their interest.

The risky, provocative path forces Vic and Gabbi to lower their defenses and confront their rawest desires.

But, just as they start navigating this unfamiliar landscape of vulnerability and passion, a heartbreaking tragedy within their veteran community threatens to undo everything.

Keep Fighting is a journey through the struggles faced by veterans and their loved ones, and the gritty realities of healing.

Inspired by firsthand experience, it proves that even a relationship reduced to a skeleton has the chance to be revived.

Whether that revival occurs can come down to a simple question: when the war is over, is love enough of a reason to stay in the fight?