Erin Walsh walked through fire and she lived to tell about it.
Not that the volcanologist is interested in telling anyone anything about her personal life. She ran away for a reason and she ran from everything—her home, her family, her secrets, their tragedies—and now that she's finally discovered a few shreds of peace, she's not about to destroy it by returning to the place that caused her so much pain.
But her brother is getting married and he's insisting she be there to celebrate with the whole family. Her plan is to white-knuckle and panic-sweat through the weekend. She never plans on falling for her brother's best friend.
Nick Acevedo woke up married.
He doesn't regret a single thing, not even marrying his best friend's sister behind his back, but Nick has no idea what happens next. His life—and the final years of his pediatric neurosurgery fellowship—are in Boston while his new wife has a research agenda packed with expeditions all over the globe.
There's no way they can make it work—but somehow they forge ahead with endless strings of emails, cozy video calls, getaways in far-away places. And secrets. So many secrets kept for so long.
Nick's willing to sacrifice everything to bring his wife home but it might not be enough.
CW: History of emotional and sexual abuse by a parent (no on-page description); parent loss; estrangement from family; brief mention of a main character's parents' marital struggles; brief mention of a main character's sibling's experience with postpartum depression; reference to a main character losing patients as a surgeon
