Christmas Healing With The Mountain Man
(2026)(A book in the Grumpy Christmas Mountain Man Season 2 series)
A novel by Tessa McRae
I came home to heal.
He came to these mountains to disappear.
I'm a nurse practitioner who spent three years in a trauma unit until the day I couldn't hold it together anymore. My hands shook. I couldn't sleep. I needed somewhere quiet, and my grandmother left me a cabin outside Grizzly Ridge, so here I am.
I didn't plan on a neighbor.
I especially didn't plan on this neighbor — six feet of ex-military, lumberjack-built, absolutely-does-not-want-to-be-here-in-this-conversation stubborn man who has been hauling my firewood to my porch since October without being asked and without admitting he's doing it.
Ethan Cross has burns on his hands and a story he won't tell and a laugh he keeps in a very small box. He looks at me like he hasn't decided if I'm a threat yet. He fixed my generator in the snow and then walked away before I could say thank you.
I'm a medical professional. I know what untreated trauma looks like.
I also know what it feels like when someone holds himself too still because he's afraid of what happens when he stops.
It's almost Christmas. There's a storm coming. And I am done watching him disappear into the tree line like he isn't worth taking care of.
Christmas Healing With The Mountain Man is a steamy standalone holiday romance featuring a burned-out trauma nurse learning to let herself rest and the scarred lumberjack-veteran next door who's been quietly watching out for her since the day she arrived. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Romance
He came to these mountains to disappear.
I'm a nurse practitioner who spent three years in a trauma unit until the day I couldn't hold it together anymore. My hands shook. I couldn't sleep. I needed somewhere quiet, and my grandmother left me a cabin outside Grizzly Ridge, so here I am.
I didn't plan on a neighbor.
I especially didn't plan on this neighbor — six feet of ex-military, lumberjack-built, absolutely-does-not-want-to-be-here-in-this-conversation stubborn man who has been hauling my firewood to my porch since October without being asked and without admitting he's doing it.
Ethan Cross has burns on his hands and a story he won't tell and a laugh he keeps in a very small box. He looks at me like he hasn't decided if I'm a threat yet. He fixed my generator in the snow and then walked away before I could say thank you.
I'm a medical professional. I know what untreated trauma looks like.
I also know what it feels like when someone holds himself too still because he's afraid of what happens when he stops.
It's almost Christmas. There's a storm coming. And I am done watching him disappear into the tree line like he isn't worth taking care of.
Christmas Healing With The Mountain Man is a steamy standalone holiday romance featuring a burned-out trauma nurse learning to let herself rest and the scarred lumberjack-veteran next door who's been quietly watching out for her since the day she arrived. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Romance