Possessive. Obsessive. Forbidden. And he’s been hers all along. Control. That’s what I live by. My store. My rules. My life. At least until Jessa Thorne walks back into Hard Timber. My best friends’ little sister. The one woman I’ve never been able to look at without wanting. She’s chaos and fire where I’m order and rules. She pushes. I push back harder. She thinks I don’t notice how she’s changing my world—brightening my dusty old outfitter, shaking the walls I’ve spent years building. She thinks I’ll cave if she smiles at me long enough. She’s wrong. Because crossing that line means losing her brothers—my only family—and I don’t take risks I can’t control. But then I kiss her. One reckless, rough taste of the woman I’ve tried too damn long to resist. Now all I can think about is her mouth, her laugh, her body tangled in mine. They call me The Warden of Hard Timber. But the truth is, I’m already a prisoner—And Jessa is the only obsession I’ll never break free from. Hard Timber Mountain Men Six names. One blog post. And a town full of flannel, grudges, and emotionally unavailable men who just got called out. They said these men were cold. Untouchable. Heartbreaks waiting to happen. Now their names are plastered all over The Ex List—a brutal anonymous post that’s got the whole town talking… and the women of Hard Timber watching. The list was meant as a warning. Instead, it’s daring these men to prove everyone wrong. Now the most untouchable bachelors in Hard Timber are under pressure—and under the spotlight. Some want redemption. Some want revenge. And some just want the woman standing in their way. Because once a mountain man decides he’s all in…There’s no going back. No holding back. And no one else will ever compare.