Mountain Man's Lucky Heart
(2026)(The second book in the Wildwood Valley Rescue series)
A novel by Lilah Hart
A reclusive mountain man. A woman who believes in fate. One life-changing night.
I didn''t believe in luck.
Life in the foster system teaches you self-reliance, not miracles.
I built everything I have with my own hands—
a remote mountain cabin,
a solitary woodworking business,
a quiet life in the mountains that didn’t need anyone else.
For twelve years, that was enough.
Then a woman blocked my driveway.
Josie Brennan was pure sunshine—
a bright, talkative heroine with a hopeful heart,
a woman who believed in fate, signs, and second chances,
and the most beautiful distraction I’d ever seen.
She’d driven a dangerous mountain road looking for her missing friend.
I told myself I was just helping—
a search through the woods,
a shared dinner,
one night in my spare room when she didn’t want to stay with strangers.
That was all it was supposed to be.
But Josie believed in meant-to-be love,
and the way she looked at me cracked open every wall I’d ever built.
One night.
One connection.
One woman who saw something in me worth staying for.
She called me her lucky charm.
Turns out, she was mine.
Tropes:
I didn''t believe in luck.
Life in the foster system teaches you self-reliance, not miracles.
I built everything I have with my own hands—
a remote mountain cabin,
a solitary woodworking business,
a quiet life in the mountains that didn’t need anyone else.
For twelve years, that was enough.
Then a woman blocked my driveway.
Josie Brennan was pure sunshine—
a bright, talkative heroine with a hopeful heart,
a woman who believed in fate, signs, and second chances,
and the most beautiful distraction I’d ever seen.
She’d driven a dangerous mountain road looking for her missing friend.
I told myself I was just helping—
a search through the woods,
a shared dinner,
one night in my spare room when she didn’t want to stay with strangers.
That was all it was supposed to be.
But Josie believed in meant-to-be love,
and the way she looked at me cracked open every wall I’d ever built.
One night.
One connection.
One woman who saw something in me worth staying for.
She called me her lucky charm.
Turns out, she was mine.
Tropes:
- Mountain Man Romance
Grumpy Hero / Bright-Spirited Heroine
Forced Proximity
One-Night Connection
Instalove Romance
Remote Cabin Setting
Protective Alpha Hero
Fate & Destiny Romance
Small-Town Mountain Life
Emotionally Guarded Hero
Search for a Missing Friend
Strangers-to-Lovers
Mountain Man’s Lucky Heart is a mountain man instalove romance featuring a reclusive, protective hero, a bright-spirited heroine, forced proximity in a remote cabin, and a fate-driven connection that turns one night into forever.
Genre: Romance