Making a Mountain Man: Summer in the Pines
Alana Gray

Wesley
A viral selfie disaster sent my life into chaos—and me running for the hills. Literally.
I’ve been living off the grid on Strawberry Hill for the last year. No drama, to excitement and no one recognizing me as the guy from that photo.
But peace and quiet don’t last forever.
Especially not when Jill, my childhood best friend turned journalist, shows up on my doorstep.
Suddenly, hiding doesn’t feel like safety—it feels like loneliness.
Jill
My first assignment as a senior journalist? A puff piece about the internet’s latest accidental celebrity.
I never expected the man behind the meme to be Wesley — my childhood best friend and first kiss.
Now he’s bearded, broody, and built like the mountain he’s hiding in.
I need this story to prove myself, but am I willing to risk Wesley’s new life—and our second chance at love—to get it?
Find out in this short, later in life, childhood friends to lovers novella featuring a newly formed mountain man, his group of sassy senior friends and the woman who got away. This novella has no cheating, low angst and a happily ever after. Dual POV, first person.