The Quiet Almost (A Sapphic Romance Novel)

Quinn Bell was only supposed to stay with her best friend until the flood damage was fixed.

That was the plan.

One coastal storm. One ruined house. One temporary move into the tiny garage apartment above Moreno Surf & Sundries, where the mini fridge is too loud, the pullout couch is terrible, and Tessa Moreno is suddenly everywhere.

Tessa has been Quinn's best friend since they were eleven. She knows Quinn's coffee order, her worst moods, her biggest dreams, and every version of her Quinn has ever tried to outgrow. But the summer before senior year, everything starts feeling different.

Shared hoodies feel less accidental.

Late-night talks feel more dangerous.

Almost-touching hands start to feel like almost-confessions.

Quinn is desperate to leave Alder Cove after graduation and become someone bigger than the girl everyone in town already knows. Tessa is terrified that when Quinn leaves, she'll become just another summer memory.

Neither of them wants to ruin the friendship.

Neither of them knows how to keep pretending.

Soft, emotional, and quietly romantic, The Quiet Almost is the first book in a sweet YA sapphic romance series set in Alder Cove, a rainy Oregon coastal town full of friendship, first love, small-town summers, and almost-confessions that turn into something real.

More Alder Cove love stories are coming soon.