Heart of the Bay
Dana Winston
Some connections can't be measured on a spreadsheet
Maya Velez made herself a promise the day her husband drowned.
Keep the hospital running.
Raise their son.
Never trust anyone with her heart again.
Then Peninsula Healthcare sent Dr. Garrett Wolfe to evaluate them for closure. A corporate efficiency expert with ice-cold spreadsheets and a reputation for shutting down rural hospitals.
She expected a monster.
She got a man who could perform emergency surgery between budget meetings.
Maya had rebuilt her life around protecting what mattered most. Her son. The community that held her together when grief nearly destroyed her.
Garrett was the threat to everything she’d sworn to preserve.
Two weeks to save her world. Fourteen days to prove their hospital’s worth.
She just hadn’t counted on the enemy having kind eyes.
Book Information
Author: Dana Winston
Available on: September 3rd, 2025
Series: Cascade Bay Medical Series
Imprint: Lovelace Lit
Word Count: 36K
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Medical Romance, Romance, Small Town Romance
Formats Available: Ebook
ISBNs: 978-1-966024-10-1
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Heart of the Bay – Chapter 1
Maya Velez shoved through the emergency department doors into the driving rain, clipboard clutched against her chest. Salt and storm combined as the wind lashed her face, the same merciless...
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Garrett Wolfe stood outside Lila Donnelly’s glass-walled office, tablet in hand, the damning numbers on his screen contradicting everything he’d witnessed last night. The hospital corridor hummed with morning activity,...
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Maya pushed through the hospital’s sliding doors, still mentally cataloging the morning’s clinic patients. Her shift didn’t officially start for another twenty minutes, but she wanted to check on Miguel...
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Garrett slipped into the back row of the packed auditorium at 6:55 a. m.
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Maya burst through the ICU doors a half-step ahead of Garrett, her mind snapping from the lingering warmth of their kiss to clinical focus. Her lips still tingled, but she...
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Garrett walked briskly through the rain to the side entrance of the hospital, careful to arrive before Maya. The blue button-down shirt fit well enough, though he felt strangely exposed...
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Maya stared at the board chairman across the polished conference table, certain she’d misheard him. “Tonight.
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By dawn, the grant committee had their proof, MOUs, clinic logs, letters with real names and phone numbers. No reply yet.
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Maya stood behind the red ribbon stretched across the entrance to the third-floor wing, squinting against camera flashes. Six months of negotiations, renovations, and sleepless nights had culminated in this...
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