Enough

ENOUGH

A novel about marriage, loss, and learning to live with what you'll never have

Daniel Kovac is an orthopedic surgeon who has spent his life carefully managing expectations—immigrant son, closeted for years, finally building a life that looks stable from the outside. When he meets Matthias Brenner, a cardiologist and passionate horse breeder, everything changes. Their connection is immediate, their love intense, and for the first time, Daniel allows himself to imagine a complete future: marriage, children, a family of their own.

But wanting something isn't the same as being ready for it.

As they navigate the brutal reality of adoption as a same-sex couple in Germany, Daniel and Matthias confront truths neither wants to face. Matthias grieves for children they'll never have while Daniel feels relief he can't admit. Their breeding program expands as their marriage fractures. Professional pressures mount as personal foundations crumble. Depression, resentment, and incompatibility erode what love built.

When separation becomes necessary, they must each decide: is love enough? Or is "enough" something different than they ever imagined?

Enough is an unflinching portrait of modern marriage—no easy answers, no tidy resolutions, just two people learning that staying together despite pain might be the most honest form of love. This is a story about what remains when dreams die: not happiness, but something more real. Not everything you wanted, but perhaps everything you can hold.

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"A devastating and deeply honest exploration of what it means to choose someone when choosing them costs everything you thought you wanted."