title: Worth Fighting For
author: Qualls, Wendy
description: For two gay men in the Deep South, fighting for love and family can lead to one beautiful, sexy, and unexpected knock out...
  
  In college, an “are you sure you're gay?” experiment with his (female) best friend left Sterling Harper married with a baby on the way. Eleven years later, his life is flipped upside-down -- his wife has died, his “little boy” is transitioning to her new life as a girl, Alexa, and his embittered in-laws have proven too transphobic to babysit for the summer like they'd planned. They're fighting for custody of Alexa, though, so Sterling can't afford to give them more ammunition. If only there were a nice, conservative, trans-preteen-friendly nanny available on short notice...
  
  Jericho Johnston doesn't do “conservative,” but Alexa takes to him immediately. He's got a teaching job lined up for the fall, a killer smile, and loads of charisma ... but he is not going back in the proverbial closet. It doesn't take long for the two men to go from comrades-in-arms against their rarified community to two men in love. This kicks off the looming custody battle with Sterling's bigoted in-laws, though, and the idea of two gay men raising a trans daughter isn't going over well with anyone. Now, with so much to lose, Sterling and Jericho must fight harder than ever -- for themselves, for Alexa, and for their future.