Mountain Man Daddy's Curvy Date

He wanted a quiet life. Cupid sent a curvy complication.

After the war, Beau Wilder came to the mountains for two things: silence and solitude. No crowds. No questions. No feelings. Just a rough cabin, honest work, and a promise to himself that he’d never let anyone close enough to wreck him again.

Then a beat-up SUV skids into his life—and out tumbles Mila Starr, all curves, sass, and big-city chaos wrapped in a winter coat that’s definitely not made for this altitude.

She’s not looking for love, either. Mila’s done being the “too much” girl—the one men flirt with but never choose. She came to the mountains to reset, not to fall for a broody, bearded, ex-military mountain man who looks at her like she’s a lifeline he shouldn’t touch.

Too bad his meddling family (and one matchmaking grandma with a mean cinnamon-roll bribe) signed him up for a blind date he can’t cancel.

Now they’re stuck in the same tiny town where secrets travel fast, everyone ships them hard, and the cabin has:

one bed
a cozy fireplace
and a man who’s stubbornly determined to “keep her safe”… even from himself
Because the more time Mila spends in Beau’s world—his protective rules, his quiet devotion, the way his hands linger like he’s memorizing her—the more she realizes something terrifying:

She doesn’t want temporary.

And Beau? He can survive blizzards, bears, and every nightmare he brought home from deployment… but he’s not sure he can survive the feeling of Mila choosing him—especially when danger from her past creeps into the mountains and gives him an excuse to do what he’s been fighting since the moment he met her.

Claim her. Protect her. Keep her.

A curvy heroine who refuses to be anyone’s second choice.
A wounded mountain man who falls first—and falls hard.
And a love so fierce it turns a quiet life into a forever kind of home.

What to expect: mountain man protector • curvy heroine • forced proximity • one bed • blind date / matchmaking grandma • small town meddling • grumpy/sunshine • found family • slow burn into high heat • “touch her and you die” energy • HEA guaranteed.