Major Owen Hunt's life completely revolved around his job. He had been on three tours in Afghanistan, a trauma surgeon. She was the same way, hell bent on becoming the best Cardiothoracic surgeon in the world, with a few Harper Avery awards to follow suit. On the way to his forth, one thing led to another and he ended up in her care. She was a spitfire, much like himself. She changed his life, even only knowing her for a few hours. He had to come back to her, he had to survive just one more tour before he could find her, and maybe, just maybe, love her.
What happens when you have nothing? You go looking for something, anything. For Adeline Sloane Sheppard, that was med school. By fourteen she found herself alone and navigating the dangers of a surgical internship until someone stepped in, the first family she ever had, Dr. Owen Hunt.
Two tours of duty, a failed marriage and a baby with a one night stand later, questioning her own mortality, Addy finds her way back to the closest thing she'd known to a home, her big brother. Her father had ties to the hospital he worked at, one way or another she could get answers. Her father was dead, or he'd be standing there across from her in surgery, but at least then she'd know.