Dependable Mountain Man
(2026)(The fifth book in the Bitterroot Ridge Bodyguards series)
A novel by Peyton Lawson
Holden Cross has held dying men in his arms.
He’s patched wounds in combat zones and kept people alive long after hope was gone. Saving lives is what he does—because it’s the only way he knows how to live with the ones he couldn’t save.
Now he lives alone in a fire lookout tower, volunteering with Search & Rescue and avoiding the memories that haunt him.
Until protecting her becomes unavoidable.
She doesn’t treat him like he’s broken.
She trusts his hands. His calm. His scars.
Holden knows bodies. He knows trauma.
What he doesn’t know is how to survive loving someone when he’s spent years convinced he doesn’t deserve it.
Tropes: Haunted medic, silver fox protector, emotional slow burn, forced proximity, caregiver hero, wounded alpha
Genre: Romance
He’s patched wounds in combat zones and kept people alive long after hope was gone. Saving lives is what he does—because it’s the only way he knows how to live with the ones he couldn’t save.
Now he lives alone in a fire lookout tower, volunteering with Search & Rescue and avoiding the memories that haunt him.
Until protecting her becomes unavoidable.
She doesn’t treat him like he’s broken.
She trusts his hands. His calm. His scars.
Holden knows bodies. He knows trauma.
What he doesn’t know is how to survive loving someone when he’s spent years convinced he doesn’t deserve it.
Tropes: Haunted medic, silver fox protector, emotional slow burn, forced proximity, caregiver hero, wounded alpha
Genre: Romance