Adored by the Mountain Man Rancher
(2026)(A book in the Forbidden In Fall Mountain Man Season 2 series)
A novel by Tessa McRae
I hired a housekeeper.
I did not hire whatever this is.
Eight years since my wife died. Eight years of making sure my daughters had what they needed — a roof, meals, a father who showed up even when showing up felt like dragging himself through concrete. We were fine. We had a system.
Then the agency sent Grace Sutton, and my system is in serious trouble.
She's too young. Too warm. Too good with my girls. And she looks at my house like it's a home she could love instead of a job she's working through.
She is my employee. She is off limits. She is staying in my guest room and eating my food and teaching my daughters to make pie, and I am absolutely not sitting on the porch at night hoping she'll come outside and sit with me.
I tell myself to keep the distance. My daughters have other ideas.
My seven-year-old says Grace smells like flowers and sunshine and asked if she can keep her. My four-year-old just climbs into Grace's lap like she always belonged there.
I'm thirty-nine years old and I'm losing a battle to my own heart.
She's not going anywhere. And I stopped wanting her to.
Adored by the Mountain Man Rancher is a steamy standalone forbidden romance featuring a widowed rancher who closed himself off to protect his daughters, a housekeeper with more warmth than he knows how to handle, and an age gap he keeps telling himself matters. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Romance
I did not hire whatever this is.
Eight years since my wife died. Eight years of making sure my daughters had what they needed — a roof, meals, a father who showed up even when showing up felt like dragging himself through concrete. We were fine. We had a system.
Then the agency sent Grace Sutton, and my system is in serious trouble.
She's too young. Too warm. Too good with my girls. And she looks at my house like it's a home she could love instead of a job she's working through.
She is my employee. She is off limits. She is staying in my guest room and eating my food and teaching my daughters to make pie, and I am absolutely not sitting on the porch at night hoping she'll come outside and sit with me.
I tell myself to keep the distance. My daughters have other ideas.
My seven-year-old says Grace smells like flowers and sunshine and asked if she can keep her. My four-year-old just climbs into Grace's lap like she always belonged there.
I'm thirty-nine years old and I'm losing a battle to my own heart.
She's not going anywhere. And I stopped wanting her to.
Adored by the Mountain Man Rancher is a steamy standalone forbidden romance featuring a widowed rancher who closed himself off to protect his daughters, a housekeeper with more warmth than he knows how to handle, and an age gap he keeps telling himself matters. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Romance