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Life at Hope Zion Hospital never really slows down.
After finally marrying the love of her life, Dr. Alex Reid expects things to settle into something close to normal. Surgeries, late-night shifts, coffee-fueled mornings with Charlie-ordinary moments that once felt impossible during the years they fought to find their way back to each other.
But normal has never lasted long for Alex and Charlie.
Not after everything they've been through.
When a mysterious resonance begins appearing in the hospital during near-death cases, Alex starts noticing strange echoes in the space between life and death-subtle flashes, whispers that shouldn't exist, and patients who remember things they shouldn't have seen.
As the unexplained events grow stronger, Alex and Charlie must balance the reality of their demanding careers with the fragile peace of their new marriage.
Some doors between worlds close quietly.
Others leave something behind.
And sometimes the biggest mystery isn't death-
it's what comes after we choose to live.
Set in the years after Alex and Charlie's wedding but before the future that awaits them, Between Heartbeats explores love, loss, medicine, and the quiet moments that hold everything together.