Flight nurse Sloane Winters came to Alaska seeking peace, not passion. But working helicopter rescues with Zach Reeves—a brooding former Special Forces pilot whose rare smiles could melt glaciers—was testing every professional boundary she'd ever set.
Their chemistry in the cockpit was electric. Their banter over late-night coffee was addictive. And the way he looked at her during quiet moments between missions? Pure temptation wrapped in flannel and flight gear.
Zach was everything she shouldn't want: complicated, emotionally guarded, and her direct partner on life-or-death rescues. But beneath his controlled exterior lurked a vulnerability that called to every nurturing instinct she possessed.
The attraction was mutual.
But something was holding him back. Some shadow from his military past that made him believe he wasn't worth fighting for.
He was wrong. And she was about to prove it.
