Meet Will Everson.

At twenty-nine, he's already beaten cancer twice, but when it comes back a third time, he can see the writing on the wall. Estranged from his family and believing he's a burden to his friends, Will decides to go it alone and surrender to his fate.

Tori Somerset is a clinical psychologist with an unusual hobby-befriending terminal patients with no friends or family to make sure they don't die alone.

When Tori meets Will, he's a mystery-where are his friends and family? Why has he given up on living? And why is he keeping her at arm's length? Tori is certain she can help Will make peace with his decisions, but first she has to convince him to let her in . . . before it's too late.