Overview

Three years ago, Dr. Iris Reed left Boston and a life she was ready to be done with.

Cape Mercy was supposed to be a place to work hard, sleep well, and not get too attached. It mostly was, until Dr. Margot Wright walked into her ER and made her job, and her life, considerably harder.

The new cardiothoracic surgeon is brilliant, abrasive, and not interested in being friends with anyone, Iris least of all. She has no patience for Iris's authority, no warmth for the team, and a knack for getting under Iris's skin.

Then a patient lands between them, sicker than anyone wants to admit, with a family Iris is already too invested in. Margot disagrees with the obvious next step. Iris pushes back. The argument is professional, but it refuses to stay that way.

There's a job offer in Margot's drawer that could take her back to Boston. There's a hospital merger that could change Cape Mercy beyond recognition. And there are nine months of building tension between two guarded, brilliant women that neither of them wants to admit to.

Sapphic medical romance · Enemies-to-lovers · Slow burn · Dual POV · Small coastal town · HEA guaranteed