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He’s grumpy, she’s on the run—and this Christmas, they just might save each other. Event planner Noelle Parker wasn’t planning to crash her car—or her life—on the snowy roads outside Aspen Grove. But when her ex starts hunting her down, the only man standing between her and danger is a broad-shouldered deputy with a beard as rough as his voice. Deputy Hank Brennan stopped believing in Christmas miracles the day he buried his wife. Playing Santa’s helper at the town festival is just a way to keep his late mother’s tradition alive—until Noelle shows up, trembling and ...

When the town’s fire chief shows up for an inspection, she doesn’t expect him to reignite an old flame… After a messy divorce, Lila Morgan is back in Cedar Falls, knee-deep in corn silk and tangled extension cords as she helps her brother prepare the family’s haunted maze. The last thing she needs is Sawyer Grant—her brother’s best friend, first crush, and the man she’s spent a decade trying to forget—walking back into her life in full fire chief uniform. Sawyer has three priorities: protect his town, protect his crew, and never touch the one woman he’s wanted for ten ...

When Freya's car breaks down at 2 AM in the middle of nowhere, she doesn't expect to be rescued by six feet of protective mountain muscle. Ryan Hawthorne is everything she's running from—stable, commanding, and dangerously capable of seeing through her carefully built walls. He's also 38 to her 23, with calloused hands and a voice that makes her shiver every time he calls her sweetheart. "You're safe with me now," he promises when her past threatens to drag her back into darkness. "I protect what's mine." Freya came to Thunder Creek to disappear. She never expected to find sanctuary in ...

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 ...

Four autumn nights. Four small-town love stories. One season where hearts ignite as fast as the falling leaves. In Cedar Falls, Montana, love burns hotter than a bonfire and lingers longer than the harvest moon. From a haunted corn maze and a pumpkin carver’s cabin, to a storm-stranded cranberry bog and a hayride gone deliciously wrong, four women find themselves face-to-face with the men they were never meant to forget. These are the kind of heroes who show up when the nights get cold—protective, possessive, and utterly undone by the women who change everything. And whether it starts ...

When a grumpy mountain man agrees to supply her festival, she doesn’t expect him to claim more than her pumpkins… Event planner Tessa Langley is desperate - her business, her future, and her pride are all riding on the Cedar Falls Harvest Festival. There’s just one problem: the only pumpkin farmer within a hundred miles is a brooding, broad-shouldered recluse who hates crowds… and city girls. Brody Kane has three rules: no festivals, no complications, and no getting close to anyone who can break his heart. Tessa is a walking violation of all three. But her fire, curves, and stubborn...

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.

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 ...

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.

Lorsque ma camionnette prend feu, je ne m'attends pas à être secouru par un homme des montagnes d'un mètre quatre-vingt-dix à la perfection protectrice. Knox Rivera est tout ce que je ne suis pas : enraciné, stable, parfaitement à l'aise dans le monde de sa petite ville. Il a également quinze ans de plus que moi, des épaules larges qui remplissent les portes et des yeux noisette qui voient à travers les murs que j'ai soigneusement construits. « Tu restes avec moi », grogne-t-il quand je n'ai nulle part où aller. « Je ne laisserai rien t'arriver ». Il devrait m'intimider. Au ...

When my van goes up in flames, I don't expect to be rescued by six feet of protective mountain man perfection. Knox Rivera is everything I'm not - rooted, stable, completely comfortable in his small-town world. He's also fifteen years older than me, with broad shoulders that fill doorways and hazel eyes that see straight through my carefully constructed walls. "You're staying with me," he growls when I have nowhere else to go. "I'm not letting anything happen to you." He should intimidate me. Instead, he makes me feel safer than I ever have in my life. I came to Pine Ridge to rebuild my ...

When a storm strands her in the wrong man’s cabin, she doesn’t expect it to feel exactly right… Environmental scientist Dr. Grace Vance came to the Montana wetlands to do a job: evaluate complaints, file her report, and leave. Falling for a rugged cranberry farmer with storm-dark eyes was never in the plan. But from the moment Callum Ward steps out of his weathered shed - broad-shouldered, flannel-clad, and sinfully confident - Grace feels something she can’t explain. Something dangerous. Something inevitable. Callum has lived alone on his bog for eight years, content to let the ...

When a reclusive woodcarver agrees to make her a pumpkin, she doesn’t expect him to carve his way into her life… Kindergarten teacher Ivy Dawson just wants something special for her classroom—one perfect jack-o’-lantern to make her kids believe in magic. But the only man who can create it is the town’s most antisocial recluse: Eli Granger, a gruff, broad-shouldered woodworker who lives deep in the mountains and doesn’t take visitors. Eli has spent years avoiding people—and years secretly carving Ivy’s face into wood. When she shows up at his door, sunshine-bright and full of...

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 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 ...

When Harper Bolton sets out on her first solo vacation in the Colorado wilderness, she expects easy trails and quiet sunsets—not getting lost on an abandoned mining track with a storm rolling in. By the time she realizes she’s in over her head, she’s one misstep away from disaster. Enter Jaxon Vale, a rugged wilderness guide who’s spent years keeping strangers alive in these mountains while quietly wrestling with ghosts of his own. Saving Harper from the cliff edge should have been routine. Offering her shelter in his emergency cabin for the night should have been temporary. But one...

Jenna Hale came to Wild River for content. What she found was a man watching her every move. Hunter Wolfe doesn’t play games. He’s a hunter by name and by nature—and Jenna wandered into his sights the moment she hit town. When she gets lost in the forest, Hunter finds her. But he doesn’t plan to let her go. Not to her city life. Not to another man. She came for a story. She’s leaving with a hunter who possesses her completely.

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...

When digital nomad Grace's converted van breaks down on a remote mountain road, she doesn't expect to be rescued by six feet of rugged wilderness guardian who lives in a fire lookout tower. Dean Hawthorne is everything she's been running from—rooted, steady, and absolutely certain about what he wants. He's also 35 to her 29, with forest-green eyes and calloused hands that make her forget why she swore never to stay in one place. "You don't make me want to choose between my mountain and my heart," he tells her when she tries to leave. "You make me want to share everything with you." Grace ...

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 ...