I spend my days fighting to save lives. I’ve just never had anyone willing to fight for mine.

The ER is the only place I feel untouchable. Fast, focused, and finally good at something. As the youngest head of Emergency in the country, I can handle chaos, blood, and pressure. What I can’t handle is the tattooed, broad‑shouldered mob enforcer who limps through my doors and looks at me like he sees every secret I’ve tried to bury.

Carter Grange is trouble wrapped in muscle and ink. An MMA fighter with a past he won’t talk about and eyes that make it impossible to breathe. We collide once, then again by chance, and suddenly the pull between us is something I can’t ignore… even though I should.

Because I’m not just a doctor. I’m a single mum with a daughter to protect and a past that’s clawing its way back.

Carter isn’t the kind of man I should let into our world. But when danger closes in, he’s the only one who steps between us and the dark. The only one who makes me feel like I’m worth fighting for.

And now I have to decide if I’m brave enough to let him. Because this time, the fight isn’t in the ER— it’s for my future.