Windlass - Paperback

by Anna Burke (Author)

Award-winning author Anna Burke returns to Seal Cove in this long-awaited third romance that is perfect for fans of small-town, friends-to-lovers, and one-bed romantic tropes.

Helping animals for a living? ✔
Having the best friends in the world? ✔
Falling in love with one of those friends? Um . . .

Stevie has everything she wants, except the one thing that matters most: her friend and roommate, Angie. But the shadows of Angie's past have a long reach, and even though everyone in the small town of Seal Cove knows Stevie and Angie have been in love for years, none of that matters if Angie herself isn't willing to take the risk.

Risk, as far as Angie is concerned, equals loss. She once risked everything by telling the truth--and that ended badly. Very badly. Friendship is the only thing that has ever worked out for her. She can't afford to lose Stevie--even at the expense of her own happiness.

However, when their other roommates move out of the house, each finds it harder and harder to resist their feelings. Angie must decide if the scars of her past will dictate her future, and Stevie will need to accept that sometimes, people need to save themselves.

Author Biography

Anna Burke is the award-winning author of seven novels, including Nottingham, which was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and winner of Foreword Reviews INDIES LGBTQ+ Book of the Year (Silver Medal), and Thorn, which received an IPPY Silver Medal in Fantasy, a Foreword Reviews INDIES LGBTQ+ Book of the Year (Gold Medal), and was long-listed for the ALA Over the Rainbow Fiction Award. Her other novels include In the Roses of Pieria, Compass Rose and Sea Wolf, and the two previous Seal Cove Romance series. Her writing interests include feminist retellings and queer fiction.