Interview with 'Pairs' David Richards: 'I didn't know I had written a women's fiction novel.'

Pairs by David Richards is the story of Kayley and Adam, a single mom who makes her living writing greeting cards and a young carpenter; and Alexandra and Henry, a former stripper with dual identities and a math teacher with some unusual gender issues. The couples are connected through Henry and Adam, who are cousins, and through Kayley's friend Helen, who is also Henry's step-sister. As each couple builds a connection, the joint friendship turns into family. Kayley's...