Hudson by Valencia Hess

Hudson:
I’ve been off-shift for hours, but here I am sitting in a hospital room, waiting for a woman I’ve never met to wake up. Adrenaline is pumping in my blood like the afternoon’s longshot rescue is still playing out, but everything’s quiet now.
All I have is a feeling in my gut that she’s worth fighting for. I can’t bring myself to leave her here.
Until she wakes up, I’m going to keep her safe. After that, maybe I’ll be able to figure out why this feels so different …

Valerie:
There’s a man next to my bed. A handsome stranger. A tall, rugged wildland firefighter with a heroic streak and me as his only focus.
This should be a fantasy …
But my bed is in a hospital and this stranger is the only reason I’m still alive.
Is he a mirage, or is he the best thing to ever happen to me disguised as the worst?