Some loves arrive quietly.Some return when you least expect them.And some change everything just before the storm.Dr. Drew Morgan has built her life on discipline, devotion, and doing what is right. A respected cardiologist, devoted mother, and loyal wife, she has learned how to hold hearts together while quietly neglecting her own. When the weight of a carefully constructed life begins to crack, Drew finds herself face-to-face with a past she never fully let go of.Lance Brooks was always the steady one. A devoted father, compassionate physician, and the friend who once knew Drew better than anyone else, he believed some loves were meant to be protected by distance. Years later, fate brings them together again in the same hospital where both now work-older, wounded, and carrying lives that no longer resemble the dreams they once shared.What begins as cautious friendship slowly rekindles into something deeper, forcing them to confront loyalty, loss, and the quiet truths they have avoided for years. As marriages unravel, grief arrives without warning, and responsibilities multiply, Drew and Lance must decide whether love found again is worth the risk of everything they stand to lose.Coffee Before the Rain is a poignant, emotionally layered novel about timing, restraint, and the kind of love that waits only to arrive just before the storm.