Anchors & Bridges

By Cali

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FQNBY6J5
• ISBN13: 9798993006321
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Tgg Publishing
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"