One night. No names. No expectations. When pilot Sam Baldwin matches with a handsome stranger during a visit to see family at Christmas, he's not looking for anything more than a few hours of forgetting. Dr. Clint Collins—hiding behind a fake name and years of careful denial—isn't looking for anything at all. Then the ice storm hits, grounding every flight and trapping them together in a hotel room. What was supposed to be one night becomes two. A hookup becomes conversation. A stranger becomes the first person who's ever made Clint want to be truly known—and the first person who's ever made Sam want to stay. But the ice will melt. Real life is waiting. And some chances only come once. GROUNDED is a standalone steamy M/M novella featuring a pilot who's afraid to land, a surgeon learning to stop hiding, forced proximity that turns into something real, and a holiday weekend that changes everything.