Alyssa The GPS was supposed to make this drive easy, but now I’m stranded in the middle of nowhere, my car dead, the cold seeping into my bones, and no sign of help. I thought I could hike to the main road or find someone to call for help, but now I’m just lost—frozen, exhausted, and ready to give up. Then I see him. Sawyer. A man who seems like he belongs to the mountains themselves—rugged, quiet, and impossibly intense. He looks at me like I’m the most unexpected miracle to ever cross his path, and for the first time, I feel like maybe I’ll be okay. But why is someone like him living all alone out here? And why does it feel like he’s the one I’ve been searching for all along? Sawyer I built this life to stay safe—away from the world, its cruelty, and the pain that comes with trusting the wrong people. Out here, I’m just the recluse, the man who chose the mountains over everything else. It was enough. Until her. She stumbles out of the tree line, frozen and lost, and suddenly, my world shifts. Alyssa is everything I didn’t know I needed—soft, strong, and so completely out of place in my solitude. But now that she’s here, I know one thing for I’ll do whatever it takes to keep her safe. She’s mine to protect, and I won’t let the world—or anything else—take her away from me. Reclusive Mountain Man is a standalone age-gap instalove romance. No cheating and HEA guaranteed.