Burned By The Mountain Man
(2026)(A book in the Mountain Man Bodyguard Protector series)
A Story by Tessa McRae
I jump out of planes into fire for a living. Fear isn't something I do.
Then she shows up at my door — bruised, shaking, and carrying a secret that could get her killed — and I discover there's one thing on this earth that terrifies me.
Losing her.
Gemma Aldaine is supposed to be a witness under federal protection. Except her protection detail was compromised, the safe house burned, and she ran until the only road left dead-ended at my cabin on the ridge.
I'm not law enforcement. I'm not her assigned detail. I'm a smokejumper with a death wish I've been calling a career and no business getting involved in something this dangerous.
But she's standing in my kitchen at two in the morning with firelight on her face and fear in her eyes, and every instinct I've spent years burying is screaming one thing:
Mine to protect.
The man hunting her has money, reach, and no intention of letting her testify. He's already gotten to one federal agent. He'll burn this whole mountain down to get to her.
He doesn't know who lives on this mountain.
I've spent my life walking into fire. For her, I'll become one.
Burned by the Mountain Man is a steamy standalone mountain romance featuring a reckless smokejumper who finally finds something worth surviving for, a brave woman on the run who wasn't looking for a protector but found one who refuses to let go, and a fire season that changes everything. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Romance
Then she shows up at my door — bruised, shaking, and carrying a secret that could get her killed — and I discover there's one thing on this earth that terrifies me.
Losing her.
Gemma Aldaine is supposed to be a witness under federal protection. Except her protection detail was compromised, the safe house burned, and she ran until the only road left dead-ended at my cabin on the ridge.
I'm not law enforcement. I'm not her assigned detail. I'm a smokejumper with a death wish I've been calling a career and no business getting involved in something this dangerous.
But she's standing in my kitchen at two in the morning with firelight on her face and fear in her eyes, and every instinct I've spent years burying is screaming one thing:
Mine to protect.
The man hunting her has money, reach, and no intention of letting her testify. He's already gotten to one federal agent. He'll burn this whole mountain down to get to her.
He doesn't know who lives on this mountain.
I've spent my life walking into fire. For her, I'll become one.
Burned by the Mountain Man is a steamy standalone mountain romance featuring a reckless smokejumper who finally finds something worth surviving for, a brave woman on the run who wasn't looking for a protector but found one who refuses to let go, and a fire season that changes everything. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Romance