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Runaway Bride's One Night Grump

(2026)
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I run from my wedding… a grumpy firefighter strips me with his eyes.
Gage is an ex-con mountain man with rough hands and piercing eyes.

We spar at dinner. We stare and pretend we don’t share gravity.

I hate him, yet my body betrays me.

My thighs tense when he’s close.
My breath stutters when he speaks my name.

Then a blizzard traps us.
One bed. One night of pretending not to ache.

I’ve never been touched.
I want him as my first.

He thinks I deserve better.
My body just needs him.

His hands hover, jaw clenches.
My pulse begs. My thighs leak.

He kisses me like he’s starving.

Between shaking bodies and whispered yeses…
I fall.
Hard.

Then the man I ran from comes claiming I was kidnapped.
Now the law is after him.

If I don’t clear his name, loving him might cost him his freedom.

This is an intense, tender mountain man rescue novella you can devour in one emotional binge—perfect if you crave hurt/comfort, a ‘he falls first’ hero, and a road captain who worships your body while he quietly plans to keep your heart.

This Mountain Man love story is a stand-alone instalove romance set in Ava Donato’s interconnected small town, the perfect place to find your next book boyfriend!



Genre: Romantic Suspense

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