Beneath the Surface (Dive Team Investigations, #1)

by Lynn H. Blackburn

If anything, the way they disagreed and reached consensus had taught her it was okay to have a contrary opinion—just because she didn’t agree with someone didn’t mean they couldn’t be friends. Or more.

It also taught her that true, meaningful, long-lasting relationships were built more on the way a couple handled conflict and adversity than on romantic dinners and moonlit strolls. Not that her parents didn’t share plenty of those.

“Life is hard, Parker. Everyone has tough stuff. There’s no perfect relationship or perfect job or perfect house that will somehow make your life easy. What throws us for a loop is when life is hard in ways we weren’t prepared for. Divorce. Illness. Disability. Money problems. Rebellious kids. Reporters who blow undercover ops. Friends who don’t have the good sense to see they are messing up something really good that has fallen in their lap and they’d better fix it before it’s too late.”