Doctor Next Door: A Steamy Forced Proximity Neighbors-to-Lovers Christmas Romance

My ceiling exploded at 6 a.m., three weeks before Christmas.

One second I was asleep, dreaming about fresh starts. The next, freezing water was pouring through my bedroom ceiling, my Christmas lights were sparking and dying, and I was standing in a flooded hallway in soaked pyjamas with mascara running down my face. ❄️

That is when apartment 4B opened.

Dr. Declan Cross. Blood-stained scrubs. Dark hair going in every direction. A scar cutting through his left eyebrow and steel-gray eyes that had been keeping me awake for three weeks already.

He said four words. He fixed everything. He did not smile once.

Now my apartment is uninhabitable, his spare room is the only dry bed in the building, and the grumpiest trauma surgeon in the city has a Christmas tree in his living room that he swears he did not want.

He pays anonymous medical bills for teenagers who cannot afford them. He shows up. He never once tells me he is a good man, he just quietly is one.

And then my ex finds out where I live.

Brad does not want me back. Brad wants Declan destroyed, and he has already found a grieving mother willing to help him do it. 🚨

One burst pipe. One Christmas. One man who was never supposed to be under my skin.

🔥 TROPES YOU WILL FIND INSIDE

💥 Neighbors to lovers

💥 Forced proximity

💥 Christmas and holiday romance

💥 Grumpy sunshine

💥 Only one bed

💥 Trauma surgeon hero

💥 Secretly soft cinnamon roll under the grump

💥 Touch her and die protectiveness

💥 Obsessive ex and real danger

💥 Found family

💥 Heroine with a huge heart and a hard past

💥 First Christmas together

💥 Slow burn to scorching

💥 He would burn the world down for her

💥 Alternating first person POV

💋 Heat: open door and very steamy

💍 Guaranteed HEA. Full length standalone.

Perfect for a cold night, a warm drink, and zero self-control. ☕