Steady Mountain Man

A Grumpy Mountain Man Bodyguard Romance

By: Peyton Lawson

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

She walked into his hardware store and told him she was interested in him. He hasn't been the same since.

Former NSA analyst Finn Bradley has spent eleven years watching threats from behind screens—methodical, contained, invisible. He built the surveillance architecture for Ridge Defense Group. He doesn't make impulsive decisions. He doesn't let people in.

Then Harper Vance walked into a Bitterroot Ridge hardware store, looked him directly in the eye, and told him she was interested in him.

She's been working the story that could blow the whole operation open. Someone wants her stopped.

Freelance investigative journalist Harper Vance has been chasing corporate land fraud for six months—alone, outgunned, and increasingly in someone's crosshairs. Finn's been monitoring her digital footprint for seventy-two hours before she even knows he exists. She's not offended. She's impressed.

Now she's in his operations center, working the story beside him, and Finn is discovering that there's a fundamental difference between watching someone and being in the room with them.

In the bottom drawer of his desk sits a block of Alaskan yellow cedar he hasn't touched in eight years.

He's about to open the drawer.

The puzzle box has three catches, a false path, and her name carved into the base.

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