Real Men Knit

When the woman who adopted and raised them dies suddenly, the four Strong brothers are left with her beloved Harlem knitting shop and no agreement about its future. Jesse, the charming one, wants to keep Strong Knits open, while his brothers are ready to let it go. Kerry Fuller, who has worked part-time at the shop for years and quietly carried a torch for Jesse just as long, brings her business sense to the job of reinventing the store, and working together turns old friendship into something more, though Kerry doubts Jesse can commit. Critics called it a warm, funny, big-hearted story of family and community; Kirkus felt the romance itself was the lighter thread.