Against the Wind

<p><strong>The last person I expect-or want-to take shelter with as a hurricane bears down on Hatterwick Island is Daniel LaRue-the man who broke my heart barely three months ago.</strong></p><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 47 47 1)>I'm not looking for distractions. The clinic's been targeted by thieves. The island's locked down tight against the storm.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 47 47 1)>And Daniel-hot Coast Guardsman bad decision walking heartbreak-is the last thing I need complicating my life again.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 47 47 1)>Coming back to the Outer Banks after med school was supposed to be a fresh start.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 47 47 1)>For a while I thought maybe I'd bring him with me.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 47 47 1)>Until he accepted a promotion across the country without even telling me.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 47 47 1)>It turned out he was more of a situationship than anything real.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 47 47 1)>Except now he's standing on my doorstep insisting he's here for me-and refusing to leave when everything in me screams to slam the door in his face.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 47 47 1)>Stranded together we have no choice but to face the storm-and the feelings I thought I'd buried.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(47 47 47 1)>But as the hours tick by it's clear Daniel isn't telling me everything.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong>And on Hatterwick Island secrets always come with a price.</strong></p>