Forever with the Evergreen Lumberjack
(2026)(Book 20 in the Lumberjacks of Evergreen Valley series)
A novel by Emily Crescent
I left a note on his truck: I need space. Please don't come to the shop.
Jason North: sawdust in his hair, a scar on his knuckle, a slow smile that makes my spine unclench. He steadies ladders like he steadies people. Quiet savior, stubborn hands, the kind who shows up without fanfare and refuses to leave.
He moved my awning in the rain. He brought hand‑carved stirrers and thermoses and stayed to argue fairy lights with me. He kissed me in the alley like it was permission and then built a stage with my crew. He stood up at the town meeting and said he wouldn't take my keys ''' he'd stand beside me. He fixed my broken things and learned my coffee order. He sleeps in my cabin and cooks stew. He traces the scar on my knuckle like a prayer.
Then the bids climbed. Funds wired. Closing moved up. Developers circled Main Street like vultures. I can fight alone. I can fight with him. Both terrify me. Both feel like risking everything.
He promises: I won't take over. I'll be beside you. I want to believe him. Do I hand him the keys to my life — or watch my shop vanish while I wait for a man in a suit to decide our fate?
Genre: Romance
Jason North: sawdust in his hair, a scar on his knuckle, a slow smile that makes my spine unclench. He steadies ladders like he steadies people. Quiet savior, stubborn hands, the kind who shows up without fanfare and refuses to leave.
He moved my awning in the rain. He brought hand‑carved stirrers and thermoses and stayed to argue fairy lights with me. He kissed me in the alley like it was permission and then built a stage with my crew. He stood up at the town meeting and said he wouldn't take my keys ''' he'd stand beside me. He fixed my broken things and learned my coffee order. He sleeps in my cabin and cooks stew. He traces the scar on my knuckle like a prayer.
Then the bids climbed. Funds wired. Closing moved up. Developers circled Main Street like vultures. I can fight alone. I can fight with him. Both terrify me. Both feel like risking everything.
He promises: I won't take over. I'll be beside you. I want to believe him. Do I hand him the keys to my life — or watch my shop vanish while I wait for a man in a suit to decide our fate?
Genre: Romance