Broken Mountain Surgeon
(2026)(The first book in the Silver Foxes of Raptor Creek series)
A Story by Lainey Rivers
He swore he'd never pick up a scalpel again. She's about to change his mind.
Five years ago, a catastrophic disaster destroyed Atlas Blackwell's world — his career, his family, and his faith in himself. Now the former trauma surgeon lives alone in the mountains of Raptor Creek, West Virginia, surviving on black coffee, silence, and rage. He doesn't need help. He doesn't want company. And he sure as hell doesn't want the stubborn, curvy woman who just showed up at the clinic and refuses to leave him alone.
She wasn't supposed to stay. She definitely wasn't supposed to make him feel again. But one look at her — warm, fierce, and completely unafraid of his worst — and Atlas is fighting a battle he's already losing.
She sees past the scowl and the scars to the man underneath. The one who still instinctively reaches for a patient's chart. The one whose hands remember how to heal even when his heart has forgotten. She doesn't flinch at his darkness, and she won't let him disappear.
But letting her in means facing everything he buried on that mountain. And the closer she gets, the more Atlas realizes that the thing he's most afraid of isn't the past — it's how much he has to lose if he lets himself love again.
Broken Mountain Surgeon is a steamy, emotional standalone romance featuring a grumpy, older hero with a heart of gold buried under five years of grief, and the curvy, determined woman who pulls him back to life. This is Book 1 in the Silver Foxes of Raptor Creek series. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Genre: Romance
Five years ago, a catastrophic disaster destroyed Atlas Blackwell's world — his career, his family, and his faith in himself. Now the former trauma surgeon lives alone in the mountains of Raptor Creek, West Virginia, surviving on black coffee, silence, and rage. He doesn't need help. He doesn't want company. And he sure as hell doesn't want the stubborn, curvy woman who just showed up at the clinic and refuses to leave him alone.
She wasn't supposed to stay. She definitely wasn't supposed to make him feel again. But one look at her — warm, fierce, and completely unafraid of his worst — and Atlas is fighting a battle he's already losing.
She sees past the scowl and the scars to the man underneath. The one who still instinctively reaches for a patient's chart. The one whose hands remember how to heal even when his heart has forgotten. She doesn't flinch at his darkness, and she won't let him disappear.
But letting her in means facing everything he buried on that mountain. And the closer she gets, the more Atlas realizes that the thing he's most afraid of isn't the past — it's how much he has to lose if he lets himself love again.
Broken Mountain Surgeon is a steamy, emotional standalone romance featuring a grumpy, older hero with a heart of gold buried under five years of grief, and the curvy, determined woman who pulls him back to life. This is Book 1 in the Silver Foxes of Raptor Creek series. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Genre: Romance
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