THE LAST TRAIN OUT

When the lights go out beneath Lisbon, Inês Duarte knows the water entering her stalled train is more than a delay.

A final-year engineering student, Inês recognizes the damaged section of tunnel beside them. Months earlier, she warned the transit authority about it. Her warning never appeared in the final report.

Rowan Price was supposed to be onstage tonight. Instead, the touring musician is helping frightened passengers through the dark-and trusting a woman he met only minutes ago to find them a way out. Together, Inês and Rowan lead the group toward safety as water spreads through the service passages.

Aboveground, their connection should be easy to leave behind. Rowan's next booking could take him out of Portugal, while Inês risks the career she has worked for if she challenges the authority's account of the damage. But when a second tunnel floods and workers are trapped, Inês's original survey may be the key to bringing them home.

Rowan believes in her. What Inês must decide is whether she can believe in herself-and let someone stand beside her without giving up the future she wants.

Set in rain-soaked Lisbon, THE LAST TRAIN OUT is a tender, high-stakes romance about two strangers who find their way through the dark together, then choose each other in the light. Featuring forced proximity, a supportive love interest, dual first-person POV, moderate heat, and a happily ever after