"If Lorelai Gilmore of Gilmore Girls was dropped into a thriller, it might resemble this appealing novel." —Kirkus Reviews Winner of Chick Lit category — 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Thirty-eight-year-old Nicole has given up on finding love. The single mother prefers to focus on a few things that she cherishes—her sixteen-year-old son Justin, her friends, and her art. When she convinces a major museum to show a piece of her work, and she thinks her career has finally turned a corner, her son brings home a girl, Daniela, to spend the night. Daniela's parents have thrown her out of the house: she is pregnant with Justin's child. Shattered, Nicole feels she has no choice but to take the girl in. She finds herself falling in love with Daniela, but increasingly troubled by the behavior of the girl’s icy, tormented mom and hard-drinking, hard-fisted dad. Nicole struggles as fear and deceit enter her formerly peaceful life. Forced to deal with people she doesn't trust or like, fearful for the future of both her son and the grandchild they're expecting, Nicole wonders if she can do what she tells Justin to do: always have faith in yourself and do the right thing. What We Do for Love: A Novel is a standalone story written by award-winning author Anne Pfeffer.