When a thriller writer without any outdoors experience signs up for my wilderness retreat, someone’s bound to get lost, and it might just be me. Knox As Maplewood Springs’ hiking guide, I’ve seen it city folks who think granola bars count as dinner, influencers who want to pose with bears, and that one guy who brought a hair dryer to look his best after summiting Mount Hartley. But this week’s Spirit of the Wild wilderness retreat might just be the thing that breaks me. I don’t know what’s worse. The retreat’s ridiculous name, or the fact that thriller novelist Peyton Reed shows up with enough bug spray to fumigate a small country and thinks a compass is just a fancy paperweight. She’s stubborn, scared, and completely out of her element… And the one person I can’t stop thinking about her. I need this gig to pay for Grandma’s physical therapy. What I don’t need is discovering that the real risk of navigating these mountains is nothing compared to what she does to my heart… Wild About the Mountain Guide is a sweet romcom set in the small town of Maplewood Springs, Montana, featuring a gruff mountain guide and the thriller author he falls for. This novella is the perfect lighthearted romance and can be read in a couple of hours. It has no explicit content but does have all the chemistry and humor you’re looking for in a closed-door romcom! Perfect if you Small towns with heart Funny banter and slow-burn romances Outdoorsy adventures and fresh mountain air Rugged mountain men with hearts of gold Closed door romcoms Lots of feel-good humor, sizzling chemistry, and a guaranteed swoony HEA