Angela Quinn thought becoming a doctor would be the hardest part. She was wrong.

After years of sacrifice, Angela is finally stepping into the hospital as a first-year resident. The hours are punishing, the pressure is relentless, and every shift tests the limits of what she knows?and what she can survive. She expected exhaustion. She expected doubt. She expected to be overwhelmed.

She did not expect Charlie McAdams.

A brilliant senior resident with a wicked smile and a habit of appearing exactly when Angela needs her, Charlie is everything Angela never realized she wanted. Angela has a boyfriend. A plan. A carefully imagined future that doesn't involve midnight cookies, stolen moments, or falling for the woman guiding her through the most chaotic year of her life.

But Charlie keeps her distance for reasons Angela can't understand, and the closer they grow, the more Angela realizes that medicine isn't the only thing demanding courage.

As the pressure of residency intensifies and the lines between friendship, mentorship, and desire blur, Angela must decide what's most important?medicine or her heart.