Dr Greyson (Brothers Paradise #1)

Greyson

I stand at the nurses’ station in the emergency department at Paradise General Hospital, flipping through a chart. The end of my shift is in sight, but the morning’s been dragging its feet like molasses in winter. After work, I’m driving to Vancouver to catch a ferry to Victoria. It won’t be much longer, but for now, I’m here with a queasy teen clutching a bucket—likely a victim of last night’s expired takeout—and a screeching toddler. That’s an ear infection, no doubt.

My phone is full of unread messages in the family chat, and while I have a moment to breathe, I scan through them. They’re mostly my father and younger sister, Tarryn, arguing over the effects of last year’s nearby forest fire and the late frost last week. Tarryn says the pinot grapes might not survive. Dad insists they will.

I scroll through, noting the tension in Tarryn’s clipped responses. Elise Anderson, her best friend and our vintner’s daughter, wouldn’t let Tarryn make that statement lightly. Elise is preparing to take over when her father retires. The thought nags at me. If the grapes don’t bounce back, what does that mean for the vineyard? For our family’s legacy?