Twelve years ago, a violent crime destroyed two families. The woman who fought back and the man who finished the fight have been strangers ever since—until now.

Dr. Freya Hendry doesn’t need saving. As the eldest of six sisters, she’s the protector, the problem-solver, the one who carries everyone else’s burdens without complaint. She’s built her life around being strong enough to never need anyone again. When a bloodied patient arrives in her ER on New Year’s Eve, the past she’s kept carefully locked away comes crashing back.

Kent Snyder paid a steep price for doing the right thing all those years ago. Now a successful tech entrepreneur, he’s rebuilt his life far from the violence that once defined it. He owes the Hendrys nothing more. She knows this. He knows this.

But when dangerous gifts start arriving and long-buried threats surface, their parallel lives tragically intersect—again. Someone is hunting them both, someone who believes justice was never truly served.

As the danger escalates, Freya faces an impossible choice: maintain the walls that have kept her safe, or trust the one man who understands exactly what that terrible night cost them both. Because surviving this time might require the hardest thing she’s ever done—letting someone else be strong for her.

Welcome to the Hendrys.