The Wolf by K. Alex Walker

Tayler Diaz, a pediatric oncologist working in the small town of Yearwood, NC, stumbles upon Gage Wolfe’s virtually lifeless body when leaving for the day after a long shift at Yearwood Medical. While phoning for help to get him into the hospital for treatment, Gage makes one last declaration that sends a chill straight to her bones: “Just let me die, love.”

Determined to save his life, Tayler helps Gage get through what he’d intended to be his last night alive. To return the favor, Gage offers to head a home remodel project for a house bequeathed to her by one of her patients’ late great-grandfather. However, when he encounters something in the woods, something that acts very much like a predator with its sights set on Tayler, he realizes that what he now owes her is worth much more than a renovation.