Stolen by the Mountain Man

A Steamy Instalove Romance

By: Lilah Hart

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Small-town mountain man romance—possessive alpha hero expecting a mail-order bride gets the wrong sister at his door, blending instalove intensity, secret identity tension, sister switcheroo deception, OTT age gap heat, and a virgin heroine pretending to be someone else while falling for the man who was never supposed to be hers.

He's expecting her sister. He's getting more than he bargained for.

HE'S BEEN WAITING FOR HIS BRIDE. He signed up on a website for lonely mountain men. Messaged a woman for months. Built something real through a screen. And now she's finally coming to his mountain.

He's ready.

What he doesn't know is that the woman stepping off that bus isn't the one he's been writing to.

SHE'S IN LOVE WITH A MAN SHE WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO MEET.

She read every message. Watched her sister half-heartedly reply to a man who poured himself into every word. Fell for him through a screen — knowing he wasn't hers.

When her sister tries to back out, she intercepts the message. Same face, a little younger, some makeup, the right clothes — she can pass for four years older. Close enough.

She tells herself she's saving him from rejection. From humiliation. From losing something he clearly wants.

But the truth? She's not rescuing anyone. She's stealing him.

TOGETHER, THE LIE GETS HARDER TO HOLD.

She looks like the woman in the photos. Sounds close enough. Smiles in all the right places. But something about her is different — softer, more nervous, more real than the version he expected.

He can't put his finger on it. He just knows this woman — the one standing in his cabin, trembling slightly, looking at him like he's everything she's ever wanted — feels less like a match and more like a miracle.

And the longer she keeps the secret, the more terrified she becomes. Not that he'll be angry. That he'll realize she's not the sister he chose — and send her home. Because the man she stole was never supposed to want her back. But he does. And when the truth comes out, it won't be the deception that breaks them — it'll be whether he can trust that the woman who lied to meet him is the same one who's loved him all along.

STOLEN BY THE MOUNTAIN MAN is a steamy small-town mountain man romance featuring:

• Possessive alpha mountain man hero
• Virgin heroine posing as her older sister
• Mail-order bride sister switcheroo
• Secret identity with a ticking clock
• Scorching OTT age gap instalove
• Deception, confession, and choosing the real thing
• "She loved him first — through someone else's messages"
• Intense, emotional, tension-driven romance
• No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA

Genre: Contemporary Romance / Small-Town Romance / Instalove Romance / Mountain Man Romance
Subgenre Elements: Mail-order bride, sister swap, secret identity, online-to-in-person, mountain cabin
Tropes: Age gap, virgin heroine, secret identity, mail-order bride, sister switcheroo, possessive alpha, instalove, wrong bride
Tone & Heat: Tense, emotional, deception-to-devotion, scorching instalove

Part of the Mountain Man Mail Order Bride multi-author series.