Names for the Dawn

An angsty romance with a strong sense of place. Trans Park Ranger Will Avery loves the isolation of working in 1991 Denali National Park for all the ways it protects him from being hurt. He’s less than pleased to be paired with wolf biologist Nikhil Rajawat who is there to further his research. Neither expects to fall for the other and when Nikhil returns to India at the end of the summer, Will pretends like he doesn’t care. But when Nikhil returns a year later, they must figure out whether there’s a way forward together. Structure nerds will appreciate the way the story alternates between the summer they met and one year later, building to a hard-won satisfying conclusion. (Open door.)