Praised By The Mountain Man
(2026)(A book in the Crimson Hollow: Kane Brothers series)
A novel by Deidre-Ann Anderson
I'm Zaire Kane, and I've spent my entire life being the one nobody worries about.
The fun brother. The charming one. The one with the tattoo sleeve and the lip ring and the easy grin that makes people assume I don't feel things as deeply as the rest of them. I let them think it. Easier that way. Because the truth is, I feel everything. Too much. And the thing I feel most is the gaping hole where my sense of belonging should be.
Five brothers found their people this year. Five. I watched every single one of them crack open and let someone in, and I was happy for them. I am happy for them. But every Sunday dinner with another couple at the table is a reminder that I'm still the Kane brother who hasn't figured out what he needs.
Then Reign Wallace walks into Club Crimson like she owns it.
Dario's little cousin. The one he warned all of us about. The one with the shaved head, the gold chains, the body covered in ink, and the kind of confidence that makes every dominant in the room sit up straighter. She's not here for a scene. She's here because she just moved to Crimson Hollow to help Dario with the eco-tourism build on the Wallace Homestead, and she wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
She takes one look at me and says, "You're the pretty one."
Nobody's ever called me pretty and made it sound like a threat before.
Reign doesn't play by anyone's rules. Not mine. Not the club's. Not the careful, controlled dynamic I've built to keep myself from wanting too much. She's a switch who leans dominant, she's got a mouth that could bring a man to his knees without touching him, and she sees straight through the charm I've been hiding behind for thirty-five years.
She sees the boy who never felt like enough. And instead of looking away, she says, "Kneel."
I've never knelt for anyone.
I kneel for her.
Praised By The Mountain Man is the explosive finale of the Kane Brothers series. Featuring a hero who discovers that surrender is the bravest thing he's ever done, a tattooed, dominant heroine who refuses to let him hide, praise kink that will ruin you for other books, switching dynamics that redefine power exchange, and the kind of raw, consuming love that burns down every wall and builds something unbreakable from the ashes. This book features characters from the Crimson Hollow universe and is best enjoyed after reading the full series, but still delivers a complete, guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Romance
The fun brother. The charming one. The one with the tattoo sleeve and the lip ring and the easy grin that makes people assume I don't feel things as deeply as the rest of them. I let them think it. Easier that way. Because the truth is, I feel everything. Too much. And the thing I feel most is the gaping hole where my sense of belonging should be.
Five brothers found their people this year. Five. I watched every single one of them crack open and let someone in, and I was happy for them. I am happy for them. But every Sunday dinner with another couple at the table is a reminder that I'm still the Kane brother who hasn't figured out what he needs.
Then Reign Wallace walks into Club Crimson like she owns it.
Dario's little cousin. The one he warned all of us about. The one with the shaved head, the gold chains, the body covered in ink, and the kind of confidence that makes every dominant in the room sit up straighter. She's not here for a scene. She's here because she just moved to Crimson Hollow to help Dario with the eco-tourism build on the Wallace Homestead, and she wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
She takes one look at me and says, "You're the pretty one."
Nobody's ever called me pretty and made it sound like a threat before.
Reign doesn't play by anyone's rules. Not mine. Not the club's. Not the careful, controlled dynamic I've built to keep myself from wanting too much. She's a switch who leans dominant, she's got a mouth that could bring a man to his knees without touching him, and she sees straight through the charm I've been hiding behind for thirty-five years.
She sees the boy who never felt like enough. And instead of looking away, she says, "Kneel."
I've never knelt for anyone.
I kneel for her.
Praised By The Mountain Man is the explosive finale of the Kane Brothers series. Featuring a hero who discovers that surrender is the bravest thing he's ever done, a tattooed, dominant heroine who refuses to let him hide, praise kink that will ruin you for other books, switching dynamics that redefine power exchange, and the kind of raw, consuming love that burns down every wall and builds something unbreakable from the ashes. This book features characters from the Crimson Hollow universe and is best enjoyed after reading the full series, but still delivers a complete, guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Romance