One Hundred Thousand Beats — Steph Campbell

BEAUTIFUL, SEXY, AND romantic. Ths book made me want to be best friends with Elise, fall madly in love with Caleb and brought the Louisiana setting to life before my eyes.—NYRAE DAWN, International Bestseller of the Games Series A captivating story that is raw, powerful, gritty, and topped off with a fiery love that stems from, and heals, different forms of loss.—MOLLY MCADAMS, New York Times bestselling author  In the medical field, the precious moments following a traumatic event in which you have the best chance of saving a life are known as the golden hour.But being there during the golden hour doesn't mean you'll be able to save the one you love...New Orleans native and ER nurse, Elise Dupuis knows that fact all too well. There was nothing she could do to save her fiancé, New Orleans police officer Mike Bazanac, when he was brought into her hospital with two fatal bullet wounds.Now everyone walks around on eggshells when she comes into the room—except her brother Charlie. As Mike's partner, he bears a guilt that's spiraled him into dark pain. Charlie is lashing out, Elise is turning in, and life seems to be falling apart around them.Caleb Warren knows what it feels like to always be on the losing end of things. A few criminal turns in his youth landed him two crap choices: mandatory service in the armed forces or jail. He chooses to enlist, and just when he finds a commander who has a little faith in him, their truck hits an IED. Caleb's training as a medic isn't enough to save the one person who's ever given a damn about him.Now back in New Orleans as an EMT, Caleb is bound and determined to drown himself in booze and regrets. But he crosses paths with nurse Elise Dupuis and finds a woman whose passion and courage gets under his skin in a way that wakes him up and makes him want to live again.Unfortunately, Charlie doesn't think the new EMT is good enough for his sister, and he'll step outside the lines of the law to prove it to Elise.Caleb has to figure out what's worth fighting for…and how far he's willing to go for the woman he loves.