The Tortured Tourists Department

Miriam "Mim" Li did not spend the last ten years earning degrees, dodging classic Asian family expectations, and perfecting her “sunshine girl” persona just to be taken out by a category-whatever-the-hell cyclone in the middle of the Seychelles.

She’s here for her dream job—protecting endangered hawksbill turtles and prepping nesting sites before the storm hits, not dealing with emotional storms from her past.

 

So, of course, the universe sends her Asher Wright, someone she hasn’t seen in more than a decade.

• Captain broody.

• A guy with the jawline of a man who frowns professionally.

• The ex who broke her heart, not that she’d ever admit it.

 

When the storm hits and Mim’s reckless streak backfires, it’s Asher who comes after her and tends to her wounds (*literally* because of course, he’s an experienced ER doctor). Stuck together in an abandoned hut for God knows how long, old feelings flare hotter than the tropical humidity, and Mim and Asher realise they both have very different accounts of why their relationship ended in the first place…