From Australian Romance Author Emily Foxx comes her new standalone, a friends-to-lovers romance with a compassionate heroine and a damaged but lovable hero. Doctor Bradley StephensEvelyn is a childhood friend.

When I moved away from Bluebeach Bay, she would write letters to me, to remind me I was brave. Never did I think she would make another impression on me when I moved back to my childhood home to start a doctor's practice.

She reaches a part of me I have closed off to women. My heart.

Dark memories from my past make sure of that. Evelyn CassanoWhen Bradley meets me for coffee, we reconnect.

It's like old times. When I finally let him know how I feel, I realize he feels the same way.

However, the more time I spend with him, I learn his past is in his present. It causes trouble because he won't open up to me when I am the only person who truly understands him.

An emotionally driven and passionate, friends-to-lovers story, with a twist of drama and suspense. Mature audiences only.

Some dark themes. Check my website for content warnings.