Connecting with the Mountain Man by Natasha Sterling

Eden

All I’ve ever wanted is what everyone else seems to have—a love that feels real and true. Running my bakery keeps me busy, but at the end of the day, I’m still alone. That’s why I took a chance and signed up for a mail-order bride website. When I started exchanging messages with RuggedRoots, it felt like fate. He got me in a way no one else ever has. I thought I’d finally found the one… until I discovered who he really was. My brother’s friend. The man who knew it was me he was talking to on the website and still let me pour my heart out to him. Now, I’m caught between the love I feel for him and the sting of his deception. Can I trust him, or was everything we shared just another illusion?

Silas

Joining the mail-order bride website was supposed to be a shot in the dark—a way to find something real in a world that never felt like mine. I didn’t expect to connect with anyone, let alone someone like SugarDust. Her words, her humor, the way she dreamed—it all felt so familiar. Then I figured it out. It was Eden. The girl I’ve been in love with for as long as I can remember. I panicked. How could I explain without making everything worse? So, I pulled away, hoping to spare her—and myself—the mess I’d created. But now that she knows the truth, and I’ve seen the anger and the passion in her eyes, I’m done hiding. I’ll do whatever it takes to prove to Eden that it’s always been her, long before either of us ever typed a word online.

Pack your bags and escape to the mountains with these 15 short, sexy Mountain Man stories.