Truce of the Matter

One fifteen—minute encounter as teenagers changed everything for Rex Goode and Truce Redmond. They both walked away different people. For him, it catapulted his career in boxing. For her, it challenged her commitment to family.

Years later, Rex is a retired boxer, single father, and furniture store owner who has left his fighting days behind him.

Truce is a dutiful daughter, loving big sister, and owns the popular soul food restaurant, Redmond’s. On the outside, her life is perfect, until it’...