A concern some of my beta readers had with setting a romance in the middle of a race through the Alaskan bush is that my hero and heroine would be apart too long. Physically, yes. But mentally? I could work with that. Two days into the race and Dillon's growing exhaustion makes it difficult for him to resist thoughts of Claire, comparing her to an addiction from his past that nearly destroyed him. All addictions are a double-edged sword; the hero's growing addiction to the heroine is no exception.