A grumpy lumberjack with a "side-eye" reputation. A curvy, innocent bookworm. And the protective dog who claims her first.

The whole town calls him "Mr. Side-Eye," and I’m about to find out why. When a sudden rockslide strands me in a remote mountain pass with nowhere to go, I end up on the doorstep of Jace Redmond. He’s a towering, stone-faced lumberjack who looks at the world like he’s personally judging every person in it.

Jace hasn't let a soul into his secluded cabin in years. He doesn't want a sweet, curvy houseguest rearranging his shelves or filling his masculine space with the scent of vanilla. But with the only road out buried under stone, I’m sleeping just feet away from him, and his dog has already decided I’m part of the pack.

I think he’s just tolerating my presence until the crews clear the pass. I don't realize that behind that icy glare, this mountain man is barely surviving the need to make me his. Jace Redmond might be wild and rugged, but once he decides I’m his forever, he’s never letting me leave Hollow Peak.

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