Sunshine for the Mountain Man

A reclusive mountain man composer who burned his greatest work. A young violinist who plays it like it was written for her.

Reed
I vanished into the mountains to escape the world… and the music that broke me. Once, I was a celebrated composer and conductor. Now I live in silence, haunted by a violin concerto I burned after my wife’s betrayal and my public collapse.
The mail-order bride listing was a mistake. I never expect Ivy.
She’s young. A violinist. And when she plays the concerto I tried to erase, it rips me open.
The music sounds alive again—dangerously so.
Wanting her feels reckless. Keeping her feels impossible. Because loving Ivy means facing everything I ran from.

Ivy
I didn’t come to the mountains to be his bride. I came for the music.
Reed North is my idol—the vanished genius whose last concerto changed my life. I lie to meet him, desperate to unlock the secrets only he can answer.
I don’t expect the man behind the legend. The way his silence pulls me closer. Or how quickly desire blurs the line between art and obsession.
But when the truth comes out, we’ll both have to decide who really owns a masterpiece… and whether love is worth being heard again.

Standalone mountain man romance. Age gap. Forced proximity. Slow-burn heat, high angst, and a guaranteed HEA.