Mara Davies learned early that survival meant keeping her heart on ice. Abandoned by her mother, she was left to raise herself while her father drowned his grief in alcohol. But everything changed when Vik and Nita Patel took her in, offering her a steady job at their convenience store and her first taste of stability. It was also there that a fearless toddler named Farrah declared Mara her “best friend” and led her to Fayth Havens—the one person who truly sees her. Fayth unconditionally accepts the things that make Mara different: her overstimulated mind, wandering thoughts, even her comfort in a pair of worn-out Family Guy pajamas, holes in the ass and all. With Fayth and her family, Mara found a sense of belonging she’d never known.

Now in their thirties, Mara’s friendship with Fayth remains her lifeline, though unspoken desires simmer just beneath the surface. When a “friends with benefits” pact is struck, Mara knows she’s tempting fate, risking her heart and her most cherished friendship for a connection that burns hotter than she ever expected. Yet deep down, she fears she’s just like her estranged mother: cold, distant, and incapable of real love. As Fayth’s warmth begins to thaw the walls around Mara’s heart, old fears resurface, and she is haunted by memories of abandonment and a lifetime of feeling “defective.”

But a twist of fate—and a piece of cake—leads to a fake engagement, forcing Mara and Fayth into an intimate tangle of buried truths. As misunderstandings threaten to pull them apart, Mara feels the distance between them might as well be an ocean. Can she open her heart to the love she’s convinced herself isn’t meant for her?
 

Might as Well Be an Ocean is a sapphic romance about chosen family and healing through love. Because sometimes, a little Fayth is all it takes to melt the ice.