by Robyn Carr
First published 2016
Neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan's career crashes when a high-risk procedure on a teenager goes wrong. The death triggers a lawsuit and paralyzing anxiety that forces her to flee Denver's hospitals. She drives to Sullivan's Crossing, where her eccentric father Sully runs a general store at the junction of two major hiking trails in rural Colorado. The property has belonged to her family for generations, named after her great-grandfather. Maggie craves the simple rhythm of mountain life, but new crises soon demand her attention. A quiet hiker named Cal Jones offers help around the store, though Maggie questions his motives for staying. Cal carries his own wounds and seeks isolation for reasons he keeps hidden. As they work together in the shadow of the Continental Divide, both Maggie and Cal must confront what drove them to this remote crossroads and whether they can heal together.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Colorado, Denver, Sullivan's Crossing
Period: Contemporary
352 pages · Kindle Edition · MIRA
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, medical-trauma