Dearly Loved

R.N Meredith Ambrose thought she’d left her teenage crush on David Steller in the past—along with the heartbreak he never knew he caused. These days, her world is orderly, quiet, and carefully guarded…save for the scruffy West Highland Terrier who shows up on her doorstep and keeps her from feeling completely alone.

But when the former golden boy ends up in her hospital unit—injured, unexpected, and very much back in her life—the past comes rushing in.

David Steller didn’t come to the Sacramento area expecting to land in a hospital bed. He came looking for Meredith, hoping to make things right—and maybe even win her heart. But old wounds don’t heal overnight, and the woman he finds is no longer the starry-eyed girl he left behind.

Can David prove he’s changed, or is he already too late for a second chance with the one who got away?