Some people are destined to leave. Others never really do. Anastasia Carter spent ten years convincing herself she had forgotten Hades Ardenhall. The quiet boy with impossibly green eyes. Now, a decade later, they're reunited in the last place she ever expected: the hospital where she's beginning her residency... And where Hades is the feared surgeon determined to make her earn every step. He is everything she remembers and nothing like the boy she once knew. Cold, distant, and impossibly demanding, he pushes her harder than anyone else ever has, forcing her to question not only her abilities, but the life she's built without him. She tells herself it's just work. That whatever they once were doesn't matter anymore. After all, she has her future carefully planned. A boyfriend she loves. A life that brings her joy... Until she discovers that her boyfriend is actually Hades younger brother. When a reckless dare turns into something far more dangerous, the lines between duty and desire begin to blur, pulling them into a slow-burning tension neither can ignore. As old memories resurface, so does the truth about the day everything fell apart. Some stories begin with a first kiss. Theirs began with a promise not to leave. As old memories resurface and the lines between duty and desire blur, unspoken truths begin to unravel, threatening to shatter the balance of her carefully constructed life- all because of a game. A dare. It's a dare is an emotional slow burn romance about first love, second chances, devastating family secrets and discovering that not every goodbye is forever. That there are some things... Or some ones you could never outrun... Not when they were destined to be yours.
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