The Lines We Cross

In Redstone, Wisconsin, a respected football coach strikes a colleague in front of the town. As his behavior grows harder to explain, the people closest to him must confront how much has changed behind closed doors.

For physician Nate Mercer, the search for answers reaches beyond the hospital and into friendships he cannot separate from his work. Luke Bennett has an assault to investigate and a family's privacy to respect. At home, Julie Halverson struggles to protect her children while facing the financial and emotional consequences of her husband's illness.

Across town, Kate Larsen weighs her former husband's progress against the trust he damaged. Luke and Rachel face another uncertain step toward becoming parents. Maggie Callahan fights to preserve her independence as changes in her memory reshape life with Tom. And at The Hearthstone, Evie Hart keeps a place for the neighbors who have carried one another through their hardest days.

As Thanksgiving approaches, Redstone's families must decide what help they can accept, which boundaries they need to hold, and what forgiveness can realistically ask of them.

The Lines We Cross is the third novel in The Lives We Carry Series, a continuing story of medicine, family, friendship, and the difficult choices that shape a Wisconsin town.