For Bridget Blanchet, balance is a medical textbook in each hand. Determined to be the best doctor she can, and fighting to achieve what her mother couldn't, she has no time for friends or socialising, let alone a relationship. At twenty-three, she's never even been kissed. She'll just push that anxiety down and hope it goes away. The biggest anxiety in Giles Hartman's life is trying to make sure the women he meets understand he's a 'one-and-done' kind of guy. His parents have the perfect marriage, but that doesn't mean he ever will. He'll be happy being the fun uncle and eschew the responsibility he's always felt being the eldest of four.

Thrown together throughout their medical degree, Bridget is convinced Giles is a mediocre white male, and, over the years, she has developed a hatred of him. However, outside classes, they are drawn together, and both start to wonder if perhaps the other might be onto something with Bridget's planning and dedication to study and Giles' carefree attitude. The initial disdain Bridget has for Giles soon melts as long-held beliefs are challenged, friendships are formed, and an unexpected sad event brings them closer.

Their pasts may be a world apart, but is their future together?

This first person, dual POV, enemies to lovers romance between two almost doctors is a slow burn, but it sizzles once guards are let down. Please check out content warnings at the start of the book, but also note there is no cheating, and there is a guaranteed happily ever after