The Heat of Being Seen

A Spain, Maine Novel

von Sydney Skyler

380 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Rosa Acosta knows how to keep things moving.

As Spain, Maine's busiest summer collides with overlapping events, packed restaurants, late-night library crowds, and one very persistent musician with excellent timing, Rosa does what she has always done: manages the chaos, carries the pressure, and makes sure no one sees how close she is to running on empty.

Maren Quinn notices anyway.

As the owner of a small music venue, Maren understands attention-the kind that holds a room without demanding it. When late-night logistics keep throwing her and Rosa together, what begins as bus tubs, sound checks, soup, and after-hours decompression turns into something much harder for Rosa to manage: being seen.

But visibility is not easy for a woman who has built her life around competence. Rosa knows how to be useful. She knows how to be needed. What she does not know is how to let someone care for her when she is tired, messy, overwhelmed, and no longer performing strength.

With help from Spain's meddling, loving community, Rosa must learn the difference between being watched and being truly known-and decide whether Maren's steady attention might be the safest place she has ever rested.

The Heat of Being Seen is a warm, emotionally grounded sapphic small-town romance about burnout, tenderness, community, late-night refuge, and the kind of love that feels like finally exhaling.

• ISBN: 9798192901403
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.08.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp