Devoted Mountain Man And the Curvy Homecoming
(2026)(Book 30 in the Sexy Mountain Man Flame series)
A novel by Emily Crescent
I kissed him in a hay-scented loft. My phone buzzed: the city wants me to lead a project starting tomorrow.
Caleb Monroe. Broad-shouldered. Sun-darkened. A scar at his temple and hands that know how to hold more than ropes. He runs Monroe Stables like a stubborn hymn. He steadies mares. He steadies me. He smells like cedar and hay and something that makes my knees forget how to work.
I came home for my sister's wedding and tried to be professional. He kept touching my back to keep me upright. We hung lights. We fought for an arch. We laughed and then we didn't. He kissed me like he had always been saving up courage. He wrapped his flannel around my shoulders and made a quiet, dangerous promise. Then I got an offer that pays in jet fuel and deadlines and asks me to choose by morning.
Two weeks. A flight. A career that built me. A man who stayed and will not trap me but will ask me to pick him.
Can I stay because I want to, not because I'm stuck? Or do I walk toward everything I've worked for and risk losing the one place that feels like home?
Genre: Romance
Caleb Monroe. Broad-shouldered. Sun-darkened. A scar at his temple and hands that know how to hold more than ropes. He runs Monroe Stables like a stubborn hymn. He steadies mares. He steadies me. He smells like cedar and hay and something that makes my knees forget how to work.
I came home for my sister's wedding and tried to be professional. He kept touching my back to keep me upright. We hung lights. We fought for an arch. We laughed and then we didn't. He kissed me like he had always been saving up courage. He wrapped his flannel around my shoulders and made a quiet, dangerous promise. Then I got an offer that pays in jet fuel and deadlines and asks me to choose by morning.
Two weeks. A flight. A career that built me. A man who stayed and will not trap me but will ask me to pick him.
Can I stay because I want to, not because I'm stuck? Or do I walk toward everything I've worked for and risk losing the one place that feels like home?
Genre: Romance