6:17pm. Track Six. Ten years from today. No Matter What. That was the promise. The pact two people made at South Station when duty pulled them apart and love wasn't enough to make either of them stay. Ten years later, Isabella Middleton has built a life defined by precision, control, and purpose. As a rising trauma surgeon in Boston, she saves lives under impossible pressure - never letting herself linger on the promise she once made the man she loved. Weston Parker never stopped counting the days. Now he's back in Boston - changed, guarded, and drawn into the investigation of a devastating concert bombing that threatens far more than public safety. As Weston hunts the truth behind the attack, Isabella is thrust into a medical mystery no one can explain: a patient whose injuries defy science, logic, and every system meant to protect him. As their paths converge, a hidden conspiracy begins to surface - one that weaponizes time, technology, and silence. The reunion they promised each other is hours away. The city they love may not make it there with them. Love is easy to promise. Showing up may cost everything.A propulsive romantic thriller for fans of Sandra Brown, Harlan Coben, and Nora Roberts.No Matter What is Book One of The Collide Series. Book Two - No Matter the Cost - coming summer 2026. Learn more about the author and series at www.collidetheseries.com and sign up for the newsletter to get exclusive commentary, behind the book content, updates on the series and much more.
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