Worlds collide, danger closes in, and one rescue changes everything.I never meant to save her.I live off-grid for a reason—because the world is safer without me in it. A former soldier with too many ghosts, too many scars, and nothing left to give.Then I pull a curvy, fearless schoolteacher out of a nightmare she shouldn’t have survived …and she refuses to leave my mountain or my life.She sees the man I hide from everyone else. I see the future I swore I’d never reach for... moreWorlds collide, danger closes in, and one rescue changes everything.I never meant to save her.I live off-grid for a reason—because the world is safer without me in it. A former soldier with too many ghosts, too many scars, and nothing left to give.Then I pull a curvy, fearless schoolteacher out of a nightmare she shouldn’t have survived …and she refuses to leave my mountain or my life.She sees the man I hide from everyone else. I see the future I swore I’d never reach for.But danger isn’t finished with her yet, and loving her may mean facing everything I ran my past, my pain, and the truth that some rescues don’t end when the threat is gone.Can a broken mountain man protect the woman who’s already claimed his heart … or will the cost of saving her be everything he has left?Standalone romantic suspense with a guaranteed HEA. No cliffhangers. Featuring a wounded warrior hero, a curvy heroine, forced proximity, small-town mountain life, and smoldering chemistry that burns hotter under pressure. less
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