Anchors & Bridges

When survival writes the rules, love rewrites the ending. Zee has five rules and a fortress where her heart should be. After gunfire shatters her home, she learns to move silent, stay unreadable, and never need anyone. Then Aaliyah—journalist, joy-bringer, relentless note-writer—asks Zee to try something new: trust. From move-in day chaos to quiet benches and four-page letters, from newsroom deadlines to a backyard ceremony strung with paper cranes, this story charts the distance between fear and forever. With the steady love of Aunt Denise and Renee, two first-gen girls teach each other that survival isn’t the finish line. Anchors & Bridges is an intimate, hopeful love story about grief, found family, and two young women who decide that safety isn’t the absence of risk—it’s the presence of someone who stays. Tender, grounded, and hopeful, this is a modern romance where care is daily, boundaries are honored, and every yes is chosen. For readers who want Black queer love that feels true-steady, brave, and bright-Zee and Aaliyah offer a future that isn't loud or perfect, just real: two girls making a life big enough for both their dreams. View Less