PAGING THE DON

He runs the city. She runs the OR. A safehouse makes them partners and targets.

He runs the city. She runs the OR. A safehouse makes them partners—and targets.

When Dr. Sasha Ortiz, pediatric heart surgeon, scrubs in at 1:57 a.m., the consent name hits like a shock: Nico LaRosa. His little girl’s valve is failing. Sasha gives the hard truth; he signs without hesitation. The surgery works. The child lives.

Then the threats start—an impostor in scrubs, a bouquet hiding a pinhole camera, notes that whisper tick, tock. Hospital politics want Sasha quiet. Nico wants her safe. He offers what he does best: protection, a safehouse, and a door he promises to leave unlocked.

With a licensing fight looming and the stalker getting smarter, Sasha and Nico race to expose the leak before it costs a career—or a life. The closer they work, the harder it is to pretend this is only coordination…and not the second chance neither of them expected.

Tropes & Vibes

• Single-dad protector • Brilliant surgeon heroine • Age gap
• Forced proximity / safehouse • Hospital politics • Found-family nurses
• Slow-burn, closed-door romance • Text-message chemistry

Content notes: On-page medical scenarios; stalking/surveillance; tense situations; romantic/sexual tension (fade-to-black).