Mountain Man's Lucky Love
(2026)(The first book in the Wildwood Valley Rescue series)
A novel by Lilah Hart
A reluctant hero broke his own rules for the woman who changed everything.
I wasn’t looking for love.
I was looking for answers.
Someone had turned my property into a three-ring circus without authorization—and I intended to shut it down.
Then I saw her.
Peyton was covered in dog hair, dirt smudged on her cheek, fire in her eyes. She was running a full-scale rescue operation on my land, breaking half the terms of my lease agreement—and when I confronted her, she didn’t flinch. Didn’t apologize. Didn’t back down.
She told me to help.
I’d spent nineteen years building my wealth. Investing early. Protecting what was mine. Keeping everyone at arm’s length. Control was everything. Feelings were a liability I couldn’t afford.
Until her.
She didn’t care about my money or my reputation. She saw past the power and straight to the man underneath—and somehow rewired everything I thought I knew about myself.
I showed up the next morning with supplies I had no business buying, for dogs I had no reason to care about, just to be near a woman I couldn’t stop thinking about.
She was twelve years younger. A student with her whole life ahead of her.
I was thirty-five and had forgotten what it felt like to want something money couldn’t buy.
She made me remember.
One weekend.
One rescue operation.
One volunteer coordinator who turned my world upside down.
I came to protect my property.
I left with something far more valuable.
Tropes:
I wasn’t looking for love.
I was looking for answers.
Someone had turned my property into a three-ring circus without authorization—and I intended to shut it down.
Then I saw her.
Peyton was covered in dog hair, dirt smudged on her cheek, fire in her eyes. She was running a full-scale rescue operation on my land, breaking half the terms of my lease agreement—and when I confronted her, she didn’t flinch. Didn’t apologize. Didn’t back down.
She told me to help.
I’d spent nineteen years building my wealth. Investing early. Protecting what was mine. Keeping everyone at arm’s length. Control was everything. Feelings were a liability I couldn’t afford.
Until her.
She didn’t care about my money or my reputation. She saw past the power and straight to the man underneath—and somehow rewired everything I thought I knew about myself.
I showed up the next morning with supplies I had no business buying, for dogs I had no reason to care about, just to be near a woman I couldn’t stop thinking about.
She was twelve years younger. A student with her whole life ahead of her.
I was thirty-five and had forgotten what it felt like to want something money couldn’t buy.
She made me remember.
One weekend.
One rescue operation.
One volunteer coordinator who turned my world upside down.
I came to protect my property.
I left with something far more valuable.
Tropes:
- Rescue Animals Romance
Age-Gap Attraction
Protective Alpha Hero
Grumpy-to-Gone Hero
Wealthy Investor Hero
Forced Proximity Weekend
Instalove Chemistry
He Falls First Romance
Fast-Burn Emotional Connection
Small-Scale Rescue Operation Setting
Mountain Man's Lucky Love is a steamy, standalone instalove romance featuring a protective hero, a passionate heroine, and a rescue operation that saves more than just the animals.
Genre: Romance
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