Just Friends With The Mountain Man
(2026)(A book in the Friends To Lovers Valentines series)
A novel by Lily Birch
Will this rugged mountain man win the key to Hope’s heart?
Hope always spends Valentine’s Day the same way. With chocolate cake, wine, and laughter shared with her three best friends. Together, they’re the final holdouts of the Hopeful Hearts Club, and their annual Galentine’s pact is sacred.
But this year, her friend Nolan asks her for a favor.
Just dinner.
Just friends.
Just to have a little company on Valentine’s Day.
So she’s skipping the Galentine’s party for a date with a big, burly mountain man. Nolan has been her friend for years. He’s a rugged mountain hunk with calloused hands, quiet strength, and a way of looking at her that makes her heart forget how to beat.
He’s older, sexy as hell, and completely off-limits… or so Hope has always told herself. Especially when she’s spent years believing a man like him would never want a woman like her.
But could he possibly want more?
One Valentine’s date turns into lingering glances and stolen touches. That’s when the line between friends and lovers begins to blur. Because when two good friends finally stop pretending, the sparks between them might just light up the night on Red Oak Mountain.
This is one Valentine’s Day Hope will never forget.
Author’s Note: Just Friends With The Mountain Man is a friends-to-lovers, mountain man Valentine’s romance featuring a plus-size heroine, a protective age-gap alpha hero, cozy small-town charm, and the Galentine’s quartet that proves love comes when you least expect it…especially when it’s been waiting all along.
The stories in the Ozark Mountain Men Friends To Lovers Valentines series are steamy contemporary short reads. They’re spicy, full of heart, and always have an HEA. If you like this one, check out the rest!
Tropes:
❤️ Age Gap
❤️ Small Town
❤️ Friends To Lovers
❤️ Curvy Plus Size Heroine
❤️ Older Alpha Male Mountain Man
Genre: General Fiction
Hope always spends Valentine’s Day the same way. With chocolate cake, wine, and laughter shared with her three best friends. Together, they’re the final holdouts of the Hopeful Hearts Club, and their annual Galentine’s pact is sacred.
But this year, her friend Nolan asks her for a favor.
Just dinner.
Just friends.
Just to have a little company on Valentine’s Day.
So she’s skipping the Galentine’s party for a date with a big, burly mountain man. Nolan has been her friend for years. He’s a rugged mountain hunk with calloused hands, quiet strength, and a way of looking at her that makes her heart forget how to beat.
He’s older, sexy as hell, and completely off-limits… or so Hope has always told herself. Especially when she’s spent years believing a man like him would never want a woman like her.
But could he possibly want more?
One Valentine’s date turns into lingering glances and stolen touches. That’s when the line between friends and lovers begins to blur. Because when two good friends finally stop pretending, the sparks between them might just light up the night on Red Oak Mountain.
This is one Valentine’s Day Hope will never forget.
Author’s Note: Just Friends With The Mountain Man is a friends-to-lovers, mountain man Valentine’s romance featuring a plus-size heroine, a protective age-gap alpha hero, cozy small-town charm, and the Galentine’s quartet that proves love comes when you least expect it…especially when it’s been waiting all along.
The stories in the Ozark Mountain Men Friends To Lovers Valentines series are steamy contemporary short reads. They’re spicy, full of heart, and always have an HEA. If you like this one, check out the rest!
Tropes:
❤️ Age Gap
❤️ Small Town
❤️ Friends To Lovers
❤️ Curvy Plus Size Heroine
❤️ Older Alpha Male Mountain Man
Genre: General Fiction