Mountain Man's Winter Sweetheart

A Steamy Instalove Romance

Snowed in with a rugged firefighter. Falling wasn’t optional.

I don’t do distractions.

I have a plan. A timeline. A future that doesn’t include this tiny mountain town—or the firefighters who pack into the roadhouse every night, loud and charming and impossible to ignore.

Especially him.

Hux is six-foot-three of trouble wrapped in flannel. A smile built to break hearts. A laugh that fills the room. I’ve watched him flirt his way through every shift, and I’ve kept my distance for a reason.

Then the snowstorm hits.

He stumbles through the door half-frozen, collapses on my counter, and wakes up to find me standing over him with a bowl of soup I don’t remember deciding to make.

Now we’re trapped.

The roads are impassable. The power’s flickering. And somehow, Hux has ended up in my kitchen—following my rules, watching me like I’m something worth seeing.

He’s not what I expected.

Under the jokes and easy charm is something steady. Something real. Something that makes me forget why I was so determined to leave in the first place.

The storm won’t last forever. Neither will the forced proximity. Neither will the heat that builds every time he looks at me like he’s already chosen.

He says he’s serious about me.

And that terrifies me more than the storm ever could.

Tropes:

❄️ Snowed-In Romance
🔥 Firefighter Hero
🏔️ Small-Town Mountain Setting
🍲 Caretaker Moment
🧣 Forced Proximity
💕 Instalove Sparks
🛡️ Protective Hero Energy
🌨️ Winter Storm Isolation
💫 Opposites Attract
🏡 Found Family Vibes

Mountain Man's Winter Sweetheart is an OTT age-gap firefighter romance featuring an alpha hero and V-card heroine. It's a forced proximity ex-military, lumberjack romance with lots of steam that's designed to be read in only 1 hour. If you like short, steamy instalove novellas, you’ll love the entire Wildwood Valley Firehouse series!