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When my BMW skids up a gravel mountain road, I don’t expect to end the day stranded in a storm and falling hard for the man I came to destroy. As a high-powered environmental lawyer, I’m used to wielding cease-and-desist orders like weapons. This trip to Colorado was supposed to be quick and bloodless: serve papers to Cruz Construction, shut them down, and catch my flight back to the city. Then I meet Dane Cruz. Six-foot-four of raw muscle, golden skin, and work-roughened hands that know how to build more than just homes. He’s supposed to be the villain in my legal brief, but he sees ...

His daughter found me first. Then he came to claim me. I rented a cabin in Cold Creek to finish illustrating my book. I didn't expect to befriend an eight-year-old at the general store, or for her father to show up during the blizzard and carry me home. Nash Brody is the fire chief, the single dad, the man everyone in town relies on. He's steady and strong and looks at me like I'm something he didn't know he needed. When the power goes out and I end up drawing by his fireplace with his daughter in my lap, I realize I'm not just weathering a storm. I'm falling into a family. And when ...

Four snowy nights. Four rugged men. One mountain town where Christmas heat burns brighter than the firelight. From storm-stranded strangers and snowed-in rescues to small-town traditions and unexpected second chances, four women arrive in Aspen Grove just as the holidays are about to change everything forever. These are the kind of heroes who shovel your driveway before dawn, pull you close when the cold sets in, and make forever feel inevitable—gruff on the outside, fiercely loyal underneath, and all-in when it counts. And when forced proximity, crackling chemistry, and Christmas magic ...

He's five years younger, way too charming, and absolutely not part of my plan. My car broke down on a dirt road in Montana. The cowboy who towed me in has dimples, a wicked grin, and no intention of letting me leave. Jake Slade is the definition of trouble — young, gorgeous, and he flirts like breathing. I'm older, freshly out of a broken engagement, and smarter than this. One night, I tell myself. Until the car's fixed. But he keeps making me laugh. Keeps looking at me like I'm art. And when I try to call him a fling, he backs me against the barn wall and says, "I've never been serious ...

He steals women from danger. He's never wanted to keep one before. Wren Blackwell escaped a trafficking ring three weeks ago and has been living in her car, terrified they'll find her. When horse rancher Flint Everett discovers her starving in the woods, he doesn't ask permission—he takes her. Carries her home. Locks the doors. Refuses to let her leave until she's healed. She's a prisoner again. Except this cage has soft beds, hot meals, and a scarred giant who tends her wounds with devastating gentleness. Flint has been rescuing tr*fficked women for fifteen years—ever since he lost his...

I crashed into his fence. He caught me before I fell apart. I was supposed to be coordinating a wedding four hours away. Instead, I'm stranded on a cowboy's ranch in the middle of a blizzard, crying over a car I can't drive and a job I'm going to lose. Cade Sullivan doesn't let me spiral. He just pulls me out of the snow, wraps his coat around me, and says, "Someone else can handle it." No one's ever said that to me before. He makes me sit. Makes me eat. Makes me stop apologizing for existing. And when I finally let go of the panic, I realize he's been holding me the whole time. The storm ...

Cassie Monroe didn’t come to Wild River looking for love—she came for survival. Between college classes and raising her little boy, the last thing she needs is a distraction. But distraction finds her in the form of Boone Carter: the quiet giant who works with an axe like it’s an extension of his body. Boone swore he’d never love again. But when Cassie shows up at his mill, too stubborn to ask for help, he can’t look away. And when her abusive ex shows up in town, Boone makes one thing clear: Cassie belongs to him now. She came here to work. He’ll show her what it means to be ...

Four rugged men. One untamed mountain town. And four women who never meant to fall for the wild. From lost hikers and desperate single moms to long-held crushes and curious outsiders, four women arrive in Wild River thinking they can pass through untouched. They’re wrong. Because the mountain men who live here don’t do casual, and once they decide a woman belongs with them, they don’t let go. These are the kind of heroes who keep watch through the night, step in without being asked, and protect what’s theirs. Gruff, possessive, and deeply grounded, they fall hard and love harder. ...

Four rugged mountain men. Four curvy heroines who steal their hearts. One small town where love is as wild and untamed as the land itself. In Thunder Creek, danger and desire walk hand in hand. Whether it’s a midnight rescue on a deserted road, a tense standoff in the backcountry, a run-in with the local sheriff, or an unexpected night in a fire lookout tower, these protective alpha men will risk everything to keep their women safe. Each standalone romance is packed with instalove heat, age gap allure, and heroes who know exactly what they want—and won’t rest until they make it theirs...

He's faking injuries just to keep me here. I should be furious. Ty Beckett was a rodeo legend until a bull ended his career and left him with a limp and a chip on his shoulder. Now he's refusing physical therapy, and I've been hired to fix him whether he likes it or not. He's scarred, stubborn, and fights me on every exercise. But his hands shake when I touch him. And when I catch him faking a setback so I won't leave, he doesn't even apologize. He just pulls me closer and says, "I'm not pretending to be hurt. I'm pretending I don't need you." I have two weeks. He's already planning forever...

June Maddox has dreamed of Caleb Price since she was old enough to notice men. He’s older, gruffer, and completely off-limits. But when she comes to his farm to help with the harvest, Caleb notices her in a way he never has before. One look turns into one touch. One touch turns into one filthy night that ruins her innocence. June swore she was just helping with the crops. But Caleb’s not letting her walk away untouched—or unmarried.

His daughter stole my heart first. Then her daddy came to claim it. I took the job as ranch cook to escape my past. I wasn't expecting a gruff, silent foreman with sad eyes — or his seven-year-old daughter who keeps sneaking into my kitchen to help bake cookies. Mason Cleary doesn't talk much. But he watches me like I'm something precious. And when my ex shows up demanding I come back, Mason steps between us, all six-foot-five of him, and says two words: "She's mine." I came here to start over. I didn't expect to find a family waiting for me. Tropes: Single Dad • Grumpy Sunshine • ...

Four protective mountain men. Four heroines on the run, rebuilding, or rediscovering themselves. One small town where love is as fierce as the Colorado wilderness. In Pine Ridge, danger and desire collide in unexpected ways. From a midnight collapse outside a hospital, to a storm-stranded night in an unfinished cabin, to a sheriff’s second chance with the girl who got away, to a wilderness guide’s rescue in the backcountry, these rugged men will stop at nothing to protect the women who steal their hearts. Each standalone romance delivers instalove intensity, age gap sparks, second ...

When a haunted hayride introduces her to the wrong kind of danger, she doesn’t expect it to feel exactly right… Romance author Maren Cole came to Cedar Falls, Montana for research—not romance. One hayride with the town’s notorious Headless Horseman is supposed to give her the “authentic mountain man” material her editor demands. Instead, it gives her Hank: a broad-shouldered mechanic with a voice made for sin, a stare that pins her in place, and a possessive streak that makes her question everything she thought she wanted. Hank never chases women. Until Maren. From the second ...

When wildlife photographer Marlowe witnesses illegal poaching in Montana's backcountry, she doesn't expect to be rescued by six feet of brooding, protective park ranger. Cole Morrison is 36 to her 26, with gentle hands and an intensity that makes her breath catch every time he growls "mine." "You're under my protection now," he declares when armed poachers force them to shelter together at his remote station. "I don't lose anyone in my territory, especially not you." Marlowe came to Thunder Creek for portfolio shots. She never expected to find her future with a mountain man who sees her ...

When successful marketing executive Hannah returns to Thunder Creek to settle her grandmother's estate, she doesn't expect to be pulled over by six feet of commanding authority in a sheriff's uniform. Marcus Stone is everything she remembers and more—confident, protective, and absolutely certain about what he wants. He's also 36 to her 28, with steel-gray eyes and a voice that makes her pulse race every time he calls her sweetheart. "You're not going anywhere until you're ready," he declares when her complicated past threatens to send her running back to Seattle. "And when you are ready, ...

Quando un solitario intagliatore di legno accetta di farle una zucca, non si aspetta che lui entri nella sua vita... La maestra d'asilo Ivy Dawson vuole solo qualcosa di speciale per la sua classe, una zucca perfetta che faccia credere ai suoi bambini nella magia. Ma l'unico uomo che può crearla è il recluso più antisociale della città: Eli Granger, un burbero falegname dalle spalle larghe che vive nelle profondità delle montagne e non accetta visite. Eli ha passato anni a evitare le persone e anni a scolpire segretamente il volto di Ivy nel legno. Quando lei si presenta alla sua porta...

Lorsque Hannah, cadre dans le marketing, revient à Thunder Creek pour régler la succession de sa grand-mère, elle ne s'attend pas à être arrêtée par un shérif d'un mètre quatre-vingt-dix en uniforme. Marcus Stone est tout ce dont elle se souvient et plus encore : sûr de lui, protecteur et absolument certain de ce qu'il veut. Il a aussi 36 ans à elle 28, avec des yeux gris acier et une voix qui fait battre son pouls à chaque fois qu'il l'appelle « chérie ». « Tu n'iras nulle part tant que tu ne seras pas prête », déclare-t-il lorsque son passé compliqué menace de la ...

Evie Porter didn’t mean to trespass on Silas Reed’s land—she was just trying to find a missing teen. But when she stumbles into his cabin at dusk, she finds more than a recluse woodsman. She finds a man who looks at her like prey. Silas doesn’t like people in his forest. But Evie is different—she’s soft, stubborn, and sunshine in human form. And when danger follows her into the woods, Silas has no choice but to take her into his protection. She thinks he’s a wild man. But by morning, she’ll realize he’s her man.

When Autumn Bailey blows back into Pine Ridge, she’s nothing like the polished beauty queen Sheriff Wade Murphy remembers from high school. She’s tear-streaked, wrinkled-dressed, and speeding down the mountain like she’s running from more than a traffic ticket. Wade’s spent years keeping order in their small Colorado town, but seeing his first love broken and lost lights up every protective instinct he has. Offering her a spare room at his cabin should be temporary—a safe place to catch her breath while she fixes up her late grandmother’s crumbling Victorian. But the more ...