Austin After being honorably discharged from the Army, I move back to my hometown of Bearclaw Ridge to figure out my next move. When my friend Falcon asks for my help fixing the gutter of his vacation rental, I jump at the chance. I need something to distract me, and working with my hands is what I do best. Only when a fiery redhead hits me with a frying pan do I realize I’m fixing the gutter of the wrong house. I promise to make it up to her, but what I didn’t count on was falling fast and hard for her. I shouldn’t. There’s an age gap of ten years between us, and my time in the Army has left me skeptical of forever. But resisting the woman of your dreams is easier said than done when she lives right next door… Crushing on the Next-Door Mountain Man is a short and steamy age gap instalove romance with an ex-military hero. It's full of heat and heart with NO cliffhanger, NO cheating, and a Guaranteed HEA. This book is part of Men of Bearclaw Ridge, a steamy instalove romance series set in a small mountain town where every insanely hot guy finds a curvy woman to love.