Steaming Hearts

Love after loss is a latte to handle. Five years ago, Terra Stern lost the love of her life in a cruel moment of violence. The screams, the gunshots, the cold concrete—all of it haunts her, and grief is a shadow she can't escape.

Nowadays, she's barely holding it together behind the counter at Tortalgan Coffee Co, her patience tested daily by Alex Winthrop, a devastatingly attractive but obnoxious heiress with a teasing grin and terrible taste in coffee. But when a stalker harasses Terra at her place of work, Alex steps in, and Terra begins to see a new side of her. After a shared kiss—well, make-out—on a stormy night, something beautiful begins to blossom.

But Alex has scars as well, and Terra's past has left behind a path of self-destruction. Is love truly enough to heal? Or will their mutual secrets drive them apart?

To Love the Stars too Fondly is a witty but emotionally vulnerable story about two women navigating trauma, desire, and the messy hope of recovery.