They say there’s only one step from love to hate. But how many are there on the way back? For the last ten years, Renée Roche had been obsessed with neurosurgery, dreaming about it even while studying at university—while she was a trainee in the operating rooms and even in her dreams. But when the cherished goal was only a step away, the death of her teacher turned the familiar world upside down. Now Renée has a different specialty, a different hospital… and a new mentor who seems to hate her.