The Darkest Sunrise by Aly Martinez is the first book in her brand new duet, 
 The Darkest Sunrise 
 . Told in dual POV, ending book one with a fantastically crafted cliffhanger, this book explores despair, perseverance, and hope in a way that I haven't experienced before. 
 Charlotte Mills has spent ten years in mourning for her missing baby boy, Lucas. Finding life to be more manageable if she just shuts down emotionally, she has powered on through and is a successful Pulmonologist with her own private practice. Her only rule - no children. She doesn't want to be around them, she refuses o treat them, it is avoidance and preservation and the only way she moves forward each day. It isn't until she meets a man at a spring fling that she begins to open herself up to change. The reason, he recognizes her darkness and just lets her be her, darkness and all. 
 Porter Reese has spent the last two years hating. Hate burns so deep in his soul and he hides it every single day for the sake of his children, his lifeline, his true loves. When he meets Charlotte at the spring fling he doesn't realize who she is but recognizes her on a soul deep level as someone who suffers in the same darkness his own soul suffers in. Realizing later that she is the same "Mills" who is the doctor he is desperately trying to get to treat his son puts the little they've built together at risk - she doesn't see children. 
 Shockingly tragic. Hauntingly beautiful. Two broken souls doing all they can for each other. Perfectly paced. I LOVED this. The story slowly builds piecing together details making the puzzle clearer until everything blows wide open at the cliffhanger. I highly recommend this. Enjoy!