Answering the ad for a mail-order bride is supposed to save me. But the rough and gruff mountain man has me questioning everything. Soon, the heat between us is stronger than the danger I left behind. Ava Running to Rock Creek to be a mail-order bride is a desperate gamble, but I don’t have a choice. I need to disappear, and answering Jaxon’s ad feels like my last shot at safety. What I don’t expect is him—a towering, rough-around-the-edges mountain man with eyes that make my heart race and a brooding silence that leaves me wondering what he’s thinking. Every time he looks at me, I feel like I’m burning alive. But he doesn’t seem to want me the way I want him. His gruff demeanor and suggestion of a trial period make me think I’ll never be enough for him. I’m left with one prove to him that I’m exactly where I want to be—by his side, in his bed, and in his heart. Jaxon The second I see my mail-order bride, I know I’m in trouble. Ava's gorgeous, soft-spoken, and too damn tempting. She’s here because of an ad, but I can’t bring myself to believe she actually wants a rough, mountain man like me. So, I give us a week—a chance for both of us to test the waters. But with every glance, every innocent touch, my control slips. She’s everything I didn’t know I needed, and holding back feels impossible. But when I stumble across messages that make me question her intentions. I thought Ava could be my forever, but now I’m wondering if she was ever mine to begin with.