Lonely Mountain Man And the Curvy Caregiver
(2026)(Book 24 in the Sexy Mountain Man Flame series)
A novel by Emily Crescent
He told me to go. So I packed a duffel and walked out of the only warm place I'd found.
Arthur Bell: six-one, broad as a barn door, a crescent scar along his jaw and a thumb that steadies horses—and me. He'''s gruff, stubborn, all guarded edges. He scares me. He wants to protect me so fiercely it feels like possession. He makes my ribs ache and my mouth go soft.
I patched his head in a pasture. I fed him Maeve’s stew. I slept in the spare room because he asked me to stay—and then he told me to leave because town gossip and his old terror of losing people pressed him into panicked protection. I left with my head high and came back with my boots muddy and my spine steadier. We chose each other in the kitchen, in the tack room, in the hush after a kiss.
Then an envelope with CITY CASEWORKER on it lands on his counter. A knock at the door shatters the quiet. His fear says push me away. My heart says fight.
Stay and risk being erased. Leave and lose him. He promises he'll practice staying. I promise I won't run. But will that be enough?
Genre: Romance
Arthur Bell: six-one, broad as a barn door, a crescent scar along his jaw and a thumb that steadies horses—and me. He'''s gruff, stubborn, all guarded edges. He scares me. He wants to protect me so fiercely it feels like possession. He makes my ribs ache and my mouth go soft.
I patched his head in a pasture. I fed him Maeve’s stew. I slept in the spare room because he asked me to stay—and then he told me to leave because town gossip and his old terror of losing people pressed him into panicked protection. I left with my head high and came back with my boots muddy and my spine steadier. We chose each other in the kitchen, in the tack room, in the hush after a kiss.
Then an envelope with CITY CASEWORKER on it lands on his counter. A knock at the door shatters the quiet. His fear says push me away. My heart says fight.
Stay and risk being erased. Leave and lose him. He promises he'll practice staying. I promise I won't run. But will that be enough?
Genre: Romance