Opposites attract in this classic coming of age novel. A ranch romance of friends to lovers. Jessie is left all alone to save her familys cattle ranch when her brother is killed in Iraq. Her brothers college friend is her best chance for help, if she can only get his head out of the clouds. Fighting for Eden is a story of hope, of trust, and relying on each other when life throws up its worst challenges. READER REVIEWS ...enjoyable and thought provoking... ... a great read... ... recommend the book to all my friends... During the summer of 21, I read Jeff Stilwells first novel Fighting For Eden. I liked it well enough to put it on my bookshelf. Recently I pulled it off the shelf and read it again. I like the book as well as I did the first time I read it. --Tori Peters, retired teacher Fighting for Eden is a great read. Mr. Stilwell pulls together an in-depth look at the angst of ranchers in this brave new world of what is healthy to eat, the conundrum of why we are in Afghanistan ten years later, what is patriotism, the profits that can be garnered from the tragedies of this difficult situation, and the coming of age of two young people. --Chris Rogstad, businessman Fighting For Eden is one of the best first novels Ive read in a long time. Jeff Stilwell created a world I didnt want to leave. --Michael Way, veteran and retired businessman

About the Author

Jeff Stilwell excels at the unexpected. Not content with his midwestern roots, he found ways on the cheap to explore the wider world including selling gummy bears in high school to visit the Alps of southern Germany. To pay for college, he worked a slime line as a head chopper in the clammy tundra of Alaska. His thirst for adventure next took him to Asia where he studied the martial arts and Asian philosophy while exploring exotic locales such as the Himalayas and the lands of Lord Jim, even surviving a squall in the Gulf of Siam. Attracted to strong women lifelong, he met and wooed his wife, jewelry designer Manya Vee there, winning her heart by following her to Java. Upon returning to the States, they founded an art gallery just north of Seattle. She taught him to gallop bareback at the family farm in the storied Yakima Valley, the inspiration for his first novel Fighting for Eden. Together, they became award-winning artzos, creating numerous public service events in the arts including one of the largest Art Walks in the Pacific Northwest, a celebrated murals collection, and a live music scene where Stilwell performed stand-up comedy every Friday night. His flair for the dramatic led him to write and stage fifteen plays in and around the Seattle theatre scene. His works earned numerous laurels such as an intense dramatic comedy you dont want to miss...an uninterrupted 90-minute power pack with something to say, for his One Tile Short and a trip and a half in a little more than a hour and a half through an Alice-like wonderland and a half; ground-breaking in ways more than one, for his Teacup Tipsy. (The Enterprise Newspapers, Dale Burrows) These days, Stilwell tweets his wit daily to over thirty thousand followers, enjoying well over six hundred thousand impressions a month for his often biting satire about national politics and world events. Too restless, however, to merely sit behind a computer, he recently completed a solitary 750 mile hike from Stevens Pass in Western Washington to end, a Biblical sounding forty days later, at Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park. Once upon a time, he even ran for Congress. If its big, Stilwell has dreamt it, attempted it, or achieved it.