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Imelda George has spent years holding The Pitt together.
As the emergency department's night shift charge nurse, she thrives on chaos, runs on caffeine and bad decisions, and has built a reputation that ranges from respected to outright terrifying depending on who you ask. Patients trust her. Nurses follow her. Residents fear her. The rumours about her are legendary, and she's never felt the need to correct them.
Life is simple.
Work hard.
Drink hard.
Mind her own business.
And avoid Jack Abbott at all costs.
Trauma attending. Emergency medicine golden boy. Professional pain in her ass.
For years they've circled each other across crowded trauma bays and overflowing hallways, arguing over bed assignments, hospital policy and just about everything else. Jack thinks Imelda hates him for no reason. Imelda thinks Jack is everything wrong with modern emergency medicine wrapped up in a charming smile and a hero complex.
As impossible cases, impossible hours, wild nights and the brutal realities of emergency medicine force them together, old assumptions begin to crack. Beneath the arguments and mutual irritation lies something far more dangerous: respect.
And respect has a way of becoming something else.
Set against the relentless chaos of The Pitt, this is a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers story featuring adult themes, workplace romance, found family, medical drama, humour, heartbreak, complicated friendships, questionable life choices and two stubborn people discovering that the person they least want in their corner might be the one they need most.