To Love the Stars too Fondly (
(2026)(The first book in the Steaming Hearts series)
A novel by S D Simper
Five years ago, Terra Stern watched the love of her life die.
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 feels something she hasn’t felt since that awful, fateful night: safe. After a shared kiss—well, maybe a little more than a kiss—on a stormy night, something beautiful begins to blossom.
But Alex has scars as well, and Terra's path of self-destruction comes with dangerous consequences. Is love truly enough to heal? Or will their mutual secrets drive them apart?
To Love the Stars too Fondly is a witty, spicy, and emotionally vulnerable story about two women navigating trauma, desire, and the messy hope of recovery.
Genre: Romance
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 feels something she hasn’t felt since that awful, fateful night: safe. After a shared kiss—well, maybe a little more than a kiss—on a stormy night, something beautiful begins to blossom.
But Alex has scars as well, and Terra's path of self-destruction comes with dangerous consequences. Is love truly enough to heal? Or will their mutual secrets drive them apart?
To Love the Stars too Fondly is a witty, spicy, and emotionally vulnerable story about two women navigating trauma, desire, and the messy hope of recovery.
Genre: Romance
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