I built walls to keep the world out. She tore them down with a single smile.Three years ago, I lost my entire military team in an ambush I should have seen coming. Now I live alone in the Scottish Highlands, crafting furniture and avoiding human contact. It's not much of a life, but it's safe. Predictable. No one else gets hurt because of my mistakes.Then Maisie Campbell crashes her car in my ditch during the worst blizzard in decades.She's everything I can't afford to want: brilliant, brave, and beautiful enough to make me forget why I chose isolation. Her career is in ruins, her confidence shattered, but she sees beauty everywhere-including in a damaged ex-soldier who's forgotten how to trust himself.When a mountain rescue forces us to work together, the walls I've spent three years building start to crumble. But loving Maisie means risking everything I've worked to protect. And when a career opportunity in Norway threatens to take her away, I have to decide: fight for the woman who's brought light back into my darkness, or let her go before I destroy the best thing that's ever happened to me.Some storms bring destruction. This one brought salvation-if I'm brave enough to claim it.A steamy Scottish mountain man romance featuring a tortured military hero, forced proximity, and a love worth fighting for.Forced proximity that ignites undeniable chemistryA grumpy-sunshine dynamic with serious heatA tortured Alpha hero with a heart of goldSmall-town vibes in the breathtaking Scottish HighlandsSteamy scenes and a guaranteed happily ever afterPerfect for readers who love Maya Banks, Carly Phillips, and Sawyer Bennett.
