Dr. Marie Heaton lives for precision. As a top anesthesiologist, she trusts science, discipline, and control—until the day it all fails her.
A routine surgery turns tragic, a young girl dies, and Marie becomes the target of a devastating malpractice lawsuit. As her professional world unravels, she turns to Dr. Joe Hillary—friend, colleague, and former lover—while obsessing over the grieving mother she can’t forget.
At the same time, Marie is drawn back to her estranged family in Texas, where her father’s failing vision demands a care she’s long avoided.
Caught between hospital corridors and family obligations, legal trauma and emotional reckoning, Marie must confront the cost of her choices—and whether a life built on control can survive when everything unravels.
