Book excerpt: I would rather not fall in love than open my heart and risk being rejected… When pediatrician Katrina goes back to work after a vacation, she meets newly appointed Dr. Reese for the first time. He’s an exceptionally handsome and talented doctor, but he also has a reputation for being cold. When he invites her to dinner, Katrina finds him to be surprisingly kind, and gradually she finds herself falling for him. But she’s sworn to never get involved in a workplace romance again. On top of that, when Dr. Reese finds out that Katrina is deaf, he starts to distance himself from her. She knows she can’t risk opening her heart to him…