When my van goes up in flames, I don't expect to be rescued by six feet of protective mountain man perfection.

Knox Rivera is everything I'm not - rooted, stable, completely comfortable in his small-town world. He's also fifteen years older than me, with broad shoulders that fill doorways and hazel eyes that see straight through my carefully constructed walls.

"You're staying with me," he growls when I have nowhere else to go. "I'm not letting anything happen to you." He should intimidate me. Instead, he makes me feel safer than I ever have in my life.

I came to Pine Ridge to rebuild my digital nomad business after losing everything. I never expected to find my future in the arms of a fire chief who sees my curves as perfection and treats me like his most precious treasure.

But when my biggest client demands I choose between my independence and financial security, will our instant connection survive? Or will I lose the only man who's ever made me feel like home?

A steamy standalone mountain man romance featuring instalove, age gap attraction, and a possessive alpha who knows exactly how to love a curvy woman. HEA guaranteed, no cliffhangers.