Widow Deirdre Steen has spent the last five years making sure she’s the best chief nursing officer Yukon Valley Hospital has ever seen. It cost her a personal life—and protected her heart. But now her childhood friend, Dr. Calvin Garrett—the one who got away—is temporarily lending his emergency medicine skills to their rural hospital in Alaska’s interior. The community’s relentless matchmaking network loves a challenge, which leaves Deirdre with one viable a fake dating pact with Calvin until the spring Breakup Festival and his inevitable departure to his regular job and his life in Seattle.
Calvin moved away years ago rather than watch his best friend marry Deirdre. Now, amazingly, she’s in Calvin’s bed and the center of his world. Yet a woman like Deirdre deserves forever—as well as a man who didn’t finish as runner-up the first time around.
Can an Alaskan spring thaw help two wounded healers thaw the ice surrounding their hearts and fulfill this second chance at love?
My Review:
A great fake dating/friends to lovers story.
Deirdre and Calvin were old friends who secretly had feelings for each other. After being away from home for years, Calvin is finally back in Yukon Valley and working at the same hospital as Deirdre. To get the town matchmakers off their backs, they decide to fake date. But it turns into much more pretty quick. I enjoyed seeing Deirdre and Calvin take their relationship to the next level. This is such a great story and I enjoyed learning about Alaska and what goes on behind the scenes at hospitals. Also, the friends to lovers and fake dating tropes are always fun to read.
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