She came for a job. He had no idea he was getting a bride.

Ava Winters is escaping a failed rescue mission that cost a life and her career. When she finds a job listing for a mountain town's search and rescue coordinator, it feels like the perfect fresh start. What she doesn't know is that the town's meddling mayor has secretly added one critical requirement: marriage to the town's brooding SAR expert.

Griffin Hayes doesn't need a partner -- in rescue or in life. After losing his closest friends in a mountain disaster, he's been working alone for a reason. When a curvy, competent woman shows up claiming they're engaged, he's furious... until a blizzard forces them to take shelter in one of Blaze Callahan's abandoned fire lookouts.

One storm. One bed. Two damaged souls who thought they'd never trust again.

As they train together by day and surrender to temptation by night, Ava and Griffin discover their broken pieces fit together. But when a high-risk rescue operation brings back both their nightmares, they'll have to choose: retreat to the safety of solitude or risk everything for a love that shelters them both.

Can two first responders rescue each other from the ghosts of their past?

A Mountain Man Mail Order Bride Romance part of the Bitterroot Ridge Search and Rescue series.
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• RomanceContemporary
• RomanceSmall Town Romance

• Publication Date: March 14, 2026
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• Print Length: 69 Pages
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