Silent Mountain Man And the Curvy Widow
(2026)(Book 22 in the Sexy Mountain Man Flame series)
A novel by Emily Crescent
He left without a letter. Two years later he filled my doorway and the ledger toppled from my hand.
Mason Griggs: wind-bleached hair, a faint scar at his brow, shoulders that could hold a barn up, and callused hands that steadied me the moment they covered my trembling fingers. Trapper. Quiet. Carrying a past so heavy he thinks distance is mercy.
He came back with jam and a fox and a way of standing in my store that rearranged my ribs. He steadied my wrist while I stitched a wound on his knuckle. He hauled flour, argued with Ruth, and kissed me on a porch while rain hammered the world into simple choices. He carved M+C into a scrap of wood and tucked it in a stone like a promise.
Everything gets louder when the town starts talking. Mae warns. Belle Harrow gossips. My grief for James is a ledger I can't balance without trembling. Wanting Mason makes me feel guilty and alive at the same time.
He says he'll stay. He promises with hands on my back and a voice that won't run. I want to believe him. I want to let a new life in. But can I love again without losing the man I lost? Which ledger do I keep?
Genre: Romance
Mason Griggs: wind-bleached hair, a faint scar at his brow, shoulders that could hold a barn up, and callused hands that steadied me the moment they covered my trembling fingers. Trapper. Quiet. Carrying a past so heavy he thinks distance is mercy.
He came back with jam and a fox and a way of standing in my store that rearranged my ribs. He steadied my wrist while I stitched a wound on his knuckle. He hauled flour, argued with Ruth, and kissed me on a porch while rain hammered the world into simple choices. He carved M+C into a scrap of wood and tucked it in a stone like a promise.
Everything gets louder when the town starts talking. Mae warns. Belle Harrow gossips. My grief for James is a ledger I can't balance without trembling. Wanting Mason makes me feel guilty and alive at the same time.
He says he'll stay. He promises with hands on my back and a voice that won't run. I want to believe him. I want to let a new life in. But can I love again without losing the man I lost? Which ledger do I keep?
Genre: Romance