Protected by the Mountain Man

When she needs his protection, will the old flame of their lost love be rekindled?

Ethan

I’ve loved just one woman in my entire life. And she married another man while I was deployed.

Years later, I’m still picking up the pieces of my broken heart after Tara left me. Now that I’ve returned to civilian life in my tiny mountain home town of Juniper Creek, Colorado, I do my best to distract myself from the gaping hole in my life where Tara was supposed to be.

I threw myself into my job at the security agency. And I take care of my dogs. In honor of my K-9 unit, I rescue working dogs, retiring them in the comfort they deserve.

When Tara shows up on my doorstep, begging for my help and protection, I can’t turn her away. My battered heart will still give her everything she asks of me.

Tara

My marriage was a huge mistake from the very beginning. My husband is a tyrant and his possessive behavior is suffocating, bleeding the soul from my body.

I want my life back. And deep down, I want Ethan. I’ve always wanted Ethan.

I’m ashamed to ask for his help, but I have no one else to turn to. Getting to know him again, spending so much time together in close proximity during the cozy winter season we used to love, stirs up feelings for each other that I thought had died long ago.

Will he take me back and give me a second chance? Or is it too late to salvage what we had before?