First Year, First Heartbreak

Angela Quinn has worked her entire life for this moment—walking into the hospital in her white coat, finally a physician. She knew residency would be brutal: long hours, relentless emergencies, and nights where sleep is a distant memory. She was prepared for all of it.

What she wasn't prepared for was Dr. Charlie McAdams.

Brilliant, magnetic, and just out of reach, the senior resident is everything Angela didn't know she wanted—and everything she shouldn't risk. Her long-distance boyfriend barely crosses her mind anymore, especially when Charlie is sneaking her warm cookies during midnight rounds or showing her secret corners of Portland she never knew existed.

With the support of her best friend, Angela navigates the chaos of her first year—demanding patients, overworked residents, and a growing attraction she can't ignore. But Charlie has secrets of her own, and for reasons Angela can't understand, refuses to cross the line.

Now Angela has to figure out where her heart truly belongs—because if she can't, she risks losing herself, her career, and the one person she never expected to fall for.