He's got ego. She's got endo. Together, they've got chronic, inconvenient feelings.
Nurse Jordie Mitchell knows three things for certain: endometriosis is aggressively brutal, doctors with god-complexes are best avoided, and falling for the wrong man can wreck far more than your self-esteem. So, when Callum Han turns up in regional Australia, working at her hospital looking like ambition in expensive shoes, Jordie is more than happy to file him under arrogant anesthetist she would rather sedate than date.
Dr. Callum Han has exactly three priorities: secure the Associate Director of Anesthetics role, give his Chinese parents the marriage-and-grandchildren future they've always expected, and keep his carefully mapped life on course. Then Jordie Mitchell has the audacity to jeopardize his promotion, challenge his authority, and get under his skin. To top that, his girlfriend leaves, taking the whole plan with her.
But somewhere between shared sriracha addictions, night markets, an unsexy endo flare, and a cyclone lock down that traps them in each other's orbit, mutual irritation becomes mutual understanding.
Banter gets personal. Boundaries blur. And before they know it, they've taken a sharp detour into sheets-to-feelings territory.
They weren't supposed to fall.
But sometimes, the best kind of love starts with the worst first impressions.
Perfect for readers who love:
✔ Enemies-to-lovers romance
✔ Medical romance with hospital drama
✔ Slow burn with spicy payoff
✔ Grumpy x grumpy chemistry
✔ Endometriosis and chronic illness representation
✔ Forced proximity / cyclone lock down
✔ Diverse contemporary romance
For fans of witty banter, emotional depth, messy first impressions, and love stories that hurt so good.
About the Author :
Sadie Cruz is a Filipino nurse and romance author who spends her days caring for patients and her nights torturing fictional characters-in the name of love, obviously. A winner of short story competitions, she writes funny, emotional romcoms about very real people: characters juggling messy families, complicated mental health, and chronic physical conditions alongside careers, friendships, and slow-burn kisses.When she isn't untangling IV lines and convincing patients to use their call bell before they stand up, she's rewatching '90s Japanese anime, daydreaming about travelling to Switzerland, listening to indie music and turning a single four-minute song into an entire fictional universe, or heroically "researching" the latest food trend.She lives in Australia with her family and an ever-growing TBR and TBW (written) pile.
