Laying Claim to the Mountain Man

Millie

Hunter is new to Temptation Ridge. I felt an instant attraction to him when he first came into my parents' grocery store, where I work.

In the few words I was able to squeeze out of him, I thought I was making progress until he decided to sign up for the grocery delivery service my family started offering. My brother normally makes the deliveries, but in a last-ditch effort to lay claim to Hunter, I intercept the order and make the delivery myself.

Thanks to an unexpected snowstorm, I’m trapped in Hunter’s cabin with him, giving me a chance to prove to him that he’s all the man I need.

Hunter

I came home from the military a broken man. A below-the-knee amputation was the reason for my honorable discharge from the Army.

All I wanted was peace and quiet—I thought I found that when I moved to the mountains of Temptation Ridge. Instead, I found a curvy beauty who doesn’t take no for an answer.

Millie is too young and sweet for the likes of me—maybe if I were a whole man…