Reviewed by True
TITLE: The Silent Mountain Man
SERIES: Movin’ to the Mountains #1
AUTHOR: Casey Cox
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 91 pages
RELEASE DATE: November 29, 2023
BLURB:
Nearly getting killed in a mudslide only reminds me why I hate the mountains. I’m uninjured, but my car is wrecked, there’s no way I can get into town, and of course there’s no reception here.
I’m screwed.
Maybe it’s karma for putting this trip off. I haven’t been able to bring myself to visit since Pa’s funeral.
And then there are the painful memories that still haunt me of my first love…and first heartbreak.
The summer I turned eighteen, I exchanged letters with a free-spirited, long-haired boy who lived down the road from my father. We hung out all day and wrote each other romantic letters all night. It was the best time of my life.
But now they’re both gone, and I’m all alone.
Literally. This mountain feels deserted. Like I’m the only living soul on it.
And then, just as I’m about to give up all hope, a pickup truck pulls up. A man steps out.
Not just any man, though… Pure. Mountain man. Perfection.
Big muscles, a thick beard just begging to be touched, and an intense stare that’s making me rethink my dislike of the mountains.
Harrick offers me a place to stay, and despite being a total stranger, there’s something familiar about him that makes me feel like I can trust him. Also, what other choice have I got?
He takes me back to his cabin. Turns out, he’s not much of a talker. I can work with that.
We hook up. I can definitely work with that.
I almost forget that I’m here to sell my father’s house and finally move on from the guy who left me brokenhearted all those years ago.
And then I find a letter in Harrick’s house—one of the letters I wrote all those years ago—and everything changes.
REVIEW:
Ahhh, that was a sweet read! The blurb says already a lot. I’ll keep it short.
After everything he’s been through our sweet mountain man went silent, where he was first a chattering guy, now he only talks when necessary.
Eddy reluctantly returns to the mountains, he hates them. Once he had a lover here, his first love, but he’s gone, and all those memories are still hurting.
The weather is bad and he got almost swallowed by a mudslide.
Thankfully Eddy has all the luck of the world and got saved by a hunk of a guy.
They have an instant connection and a super sexy night.
Slowly our mountain man understands who this guy is, he’s the one who broke his heart, and still can’t forget him.
It was a lovely read, with nice content. Only, the fact they didn’t recognize the other, I don’t know. How much can you change in ten years, and what are the odds of an Eddy on the mountain? But I accepted it of course, because I enjoyed this read very much. The important parts were highlighted so it felt like a full-fledged story.
The author writes clearly and passionately, with as a result an engaging and meaningful story, with humor, seriousness, hotness, and awesome characters.
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