Oars, Opinions & Old Wounds

Bridget Sloane knows how to build a winning team. What she does not have time for is a psychologist with sharp eyes, steady patience, and entirely too many opinions about trust.

As head coach of Delaney's varsity rowing program, Bridget has spent years turning discipline into results. But when her top boat starts slipping-just enough to threaten everything-they university brings in Dr. Eleni Markos to help repair what training alone cannot fix. Bridget is certain the team needs harder work, better focus, and fewer feelings. Eleni is equally certain the problem runs deeper.

What begins as a professional clash quickly turns personal.

Eleni sees too much. Bridget resists too hard. And somewhere between early mornings on the river, tense conversations on the dock, and a team learning how to come back together under pressure, the distance between them starts to disappear.

But Bridget has old wounds for a reason, and trusting change has never come naturally to her. If she and Eleni are going to build something real-on the water or off it-they will have to decide whether holding everything together is the same thing as letting something truly last.

Set in the emotionally tangled coastal town of Delaney, Oars, Opinions & Old Wounds is a sapphic small-town romance about leadership, vulnerability, second chances at trust, and the kind of love that asks you to loosen your grip before you lose what matters most.