The Mountain Man's Protector
(2026)(The sixth book in the Mountain Man Love Stories series)
A Story by Jess Winters
She came home to ashes.
He came home to protect what she left behind.
Rachel Monroe never planned to return to Bitter Ridge. But her mother’s death, a stack of old ledgers, and a threat hidden inside a cassette tape pull her straight back into the fire. The snow hasn’t melted, but danger already burns beneath it. Someone wants the land. Someone wants her gone. And when a bullet tears through the sheriff’s truck, she knows it’s only a matter of time before it hits closer.
Luke Tanner was always the one who stayed. The one who watched over everyone—even the girl who broke his heart. His badge still means something in this town, even if his hands don’t feel clean anymore. And when Rachel shows up on his doorstep, cold and shaking, he swears he won’t let her face this alone.
But being near her again? It’s fire and salt and everything he’s been starving for.
One look. One kiss. One night too many to pretend it’s just protection.
Now the town is boiling with secrets—burned symbols, fake deeds, whispers that sound like threats. Each clue pulls them closer to the truth—and to each other. But someone out there will do anything to keep the past buried.
It’s a fight for land. For justice. For the love they were never supposed to survive.
Raw. Dangerous. Addictive.
Read The Mountain Man’s Protectorand fall for a story that burns hotter than revenge and deeper than the mountain itself.
He came home to protect what she left behind.
Rachel Monroe never planned to return to Bitter Ridge. But her mother’s death, a stack of old ledgers, and a threat hidden inside a cassette tape pull her straight back into the fire. The snow hasn’t melted, but danger already burns beneath it. Someone wants the land. Someone wants her gone. And when a bullet tears through the sheriff’s truck, she knows it’s only a matter of time before it hits closer.
Luke Tanner was always the one who stayed. The one who watched over everyone—even the girl who broke his heart. His badge still means something in this town, even if his hands don’t feel clean anymore. And when Rachel shows up on his doorstep, cold and shaking, he swears he won’t let her face this alone.
But being near her again? It’s fire and salt and everything he’s been starving for.
One look. One kiss. One night too many to pretend it’s just protection.
Now the town is boiling with secrets—burned symbols, fake deeds, whispers that sound like threats. Each clue pulls them closer to the truth—and to each other. But someone out there will do anything to keep the past buried.
It’s a fight for land. For justice. For the love they were never supposed to survive.
Raw. Dangerous. Addictive.
Read The Mountain Man’s Protectorand fall for a story that burns hotter than revenge and deeper than the mountain itself.