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Made to Hold
Carmen builds things that staircases, railings, the bronze map of a town that took her in. Jess builds things that fit a body so well they get forgotten they're worn. When Jess brings a sheet of copper to the CNC machine at a Medford makerspace, she needs a part cut. What she gets is coffee, an argument about glue versus pins, and the first ninety minutes of the rest of her life.
What the Rogue Valley sees is a metal artist and an engineer falling for each other over shared benches at the makerspace. What's actually being built is a courtship conducted in craft. Carmen has spent her whole life doing everything alone. Jess is the first person who noticed.
Made to Hold is a novel about authorship inside surrender — the love story of two makers who build each other's commitment in metal, cloth, and ritual, and the difference between being kept and being held.
A standalone companion to Somewhere Between.
What the Rogue Valley sees is a metal artist and an engineer falling for each other over shared benches at the makerspace. What's actually being built is a courtship conducted in craft. Carmen has spent her whole life doing everything alone. Jess is the first person who noticed.
Made to Hold is a novel about authorship inside surrender — the love story of two makers who build each other's commitment in metal, cloth, and ritual, and the difference between being kept and being held.
A standalone companion to Somewhere Between.
326 pages, Paperback
Published August 5, 2026
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