Between Now And Never

BETWEEN NOW AND NEVER

Nora Weatherford doesn't believe in forever. She photographs other people's weddings for a living, capturing vows she's convinced will eventually break, because believing in love has never once protected her from losing it. When her grandmother's will leaves her the family cabin on Mirror Lake for one summer, Nora arrives expecting silence, space, and a chance to grieve alone.

She doesn't expect Dr. Callum Rao standing in the kitchen with his own key.

A former trauma surgeon running from a mistake he can't forgive himself for, Callum traded Boston's operating rooms for a small-town practice where he can keep saving people without risking anything of his own. The last thing he wants is to share a roof, a bathroom, and his already fragile peace with a woman who flinches every time he tries to help.

What starts as a housing mix-up becomes something neither of them can walk away from. Long days on the dock. Rainstorms that strip away every defense. A slow, unbearable pull toward a person who sees exactly what they've spent years hiding.

But love isn't a reward for being healed. It's the thing you risk while you're still breaking. And before the summer ends, Nora and Callum will have to decide whether two damaged people can build something whole, or whether the walls they've built to survive will be the same walls that keep them apart forever.

A slow-burn, emotionally raw romance about grief, forgiveness, and the terrifying choice to stay.