The Lumberjack's Runaway Sweetheart
(2026)(Book 16 in the Lumberjacks of Evergreen Valley series)
A novel by Emily Crescent
I walked out of my wedding in a white dress full of mud. He caught me on his porch before I could run.
Nolan Pierce: broad shoulders, sawdust at his collar, hands that could hold a toolbox or an entire person. He makes coffee like it's a prayer. He fixes cabins and doesn't ask a lot of questions. He looks at me like I'm worth steadiness.
He gave me his spare room. He wrapped a blanket around my shaking knees and bandaged his knuckle with my trembling hands. He carried me to bed like I wasn't a mess. He read my sketches. He stayed up to make coffee just how I like it. He kissed me like a promise. I let him because I was tired of pretending.
Then Ethan showed up. Wedding band gleaming. Entitled and loud and certain he still owned my story. He followed me into the diner. He found me on Nolan's porch. Nolan didn't flinch. He stood between us and every nosy voice in town.
Stay, Nolan said with his whole body. Leave, my old habit whispered.
He says he'll choose me every damn day. Can I learn to choose him back and not run?
Genre: Romance
Nolan Pierce: broad shoulders, sawdust at his collar, hands that could hold a toolbox or an entire person. He makes coffee like it's a prayer. He fixes cabins and doesn't ask a lot of questions. He looks at me like I'm worth steadiness.
He gave me his spare room. He wrapped a blanket around my shaking knees and bandaged his knuckle with my trembling hands. He carried me to bed like I wasn't a mess. He read my sketches. He stayed up to make coffee just how I like it. He kissed me like a promise. I let him because I was tired of pretending.
Then Ethan showed up. Wedding band gleaming. Entitled and loud and certain he still owned my story. He followed me into the diner. He found me on Nolan's porch. Nolan didn't flinch. He stood between us and every nosy voice in town.
Stay, Nolan said with his whole body. Leave, my old habit whispered.
He says he'll choose me every damn day. Can I learn to choose him back and not run?
Genre: Romance