Tempted by the Mountain Man
(2026)(The fourth book in the Timber Falls Mountain Men series)
A novel by Aspen Wade
She plans happily-ever-afters for a living. He stopped believing in them the day he was left at the altar.
Wedding planner Vivian Clarke doesn't do failure—at least that's what she tells herself when the groom at her high-society destination wedding vanishes three hours before the ceremony. But when the bride's powerful family threatens to destroy her reputation, the only way to save her career is to pull off a last-minute replacement wedding at the same remote mountain lodge. In ten days.
Boone Ashford left people behind for a reason. The reclusive master distiller prefers his copper stills and oak barrels to conversation—especially with a fast-talking city woman who wants to fill his grandmother's lodge with twinkle lights and tulle. When his plan to sell the property falls through unless he hosts one final event, his carefully guarded solitude shatters.
Forced proximity in his mountain lodge reveals surprising truths. She's not the shallow socialite he assumed—she's a woman whose entire identity has been built on giving others the fairy tale she's never believed she deserves. He's not the cold hermit she expected—he's a man still bleeding from the day the love of his life walked out instead of walking down the aisle.
As the wedding preparations collide with late-night whiskey tastings and arguments that turn into something else entirely, Boone's walls begin to crack. Vivian sees the tender heart beneath his gruff silence, and for the first time, someone looks at him like he's worth staying for.
But when the wedding ends and her world of client lists and city apartments waits to reclaim her, reality crashes in. She belongs in ballrooms and bridal boutiques. He belongs in the mountains, alone with his whiskey and his ghosts.
Can a man who swore off love risk his heart on a woman whose entire career is built on promises he no longer believes in? And will she choose the life she's always known—or the mountain man who showed her that the best things aren't planned?
A steamy standalone mountain man romance featuring:
Wedding planner Vivian Clarke doesn't do failure—at least that's what she tells herself when the groom at her high-society destination wedding vanishes three hours before the ceremony. But when the bride's powerful family threatens to destroy her reputation, the only way to save her career is to pull off a last-minute replacement wedding at the same remote mountain lodge. In ten days.
Boone Ashford left people behind for a reason. The reclusive master distiller prefers his copper stills and oak barrels to conversation—especially with a fast-talking city woman who wants to fill his grandmother's lodge with twinkle lights and tulle. When his plan to sell the property falls through unless he hosts one final event, his carefully guarded solitude shatters.
Forced proximity in his mountain lodge reveals surprising truths. She's not the shallow socialite he assumed—she's a woman whose entire identity has been built on giving others the fairy tale she's never believed she deserves. He's not the cold hermit she expected—he's a man still bleeding from the day the love of his life walked out instead of walking down the aisle.
As the wedding preparations collide with late-night whiskey tastings and arguments that turn into something else entirely, Boone's walls begin to crack. Vivian sees the tender heart beneath his gruff silence, and for the first time, someone looks at him like he's worth staying for.
But when the wedding ends and her world of client lists and city apartments waits to reclaim her, reality crashes in. She belongs in ballrooms and bridal boutiques. He belongs in the mountains, alone with his whiskey and his ghosts.
Can a man who swore off love risk his heart on a woman whose entire career is built on promises he no longer believes in? And will she choose the life she's always known—or the mountain man who showed her that the best things aren't planned?
A steamy standalone mountain man romance featuring:
- Forced proximity while planning a chaotic wedding
Grumpy whiskey distiller meets sunshine wedding planner
Opposites attract with "love is dead" hero
He was left at the altar, she sells happily-ever-afters
Late-night whiskey tastings that get too honest
One bed
Protective alpha hero who falls hard
Small-town Pacific Northwest setting
HEA guaranteed with emotional depth
This is Book 4 in the Timber Falls Mountain Men series. Each book is a complete standalone with its own HEA.
Genre: Romance