Defender of Talon Mountain: A Former Military, Mountain Man Romantic Suspense (Men of Talon Mountain #6)

He buried his heart with his wife.
She’s haunted by a mistake she can’t outrun

Sheriff Rhys Blackwater has spent three long years pretending to live. Once a respected lawman, now a ghost with a badge, he hides in his remote Alaskan cabin, surviving on duty and instinct while grief eats him alive. Everyone in Whitewater Junction whispers the same question, will their sheriff ever come back?

Then Harlow Kane enters his world, fierce, brilliant, and carrying more scars than she lets anyone see.

A former FBI crisis negotiator, Harlow came to Alaska to disappear. Her last case ended with her partner dying in her arms, and she’s been running from the guilt ever since. Her new job at a remote mining site was supposed to be quiet. Simple. Forgettable.

Until she uncovers evidence of a trafficking ring operating in the shadows of Talon Mountain… and becomes the next target on their hit list.

When assassins strike, Rhys does the one thing he hasn’t done in years… he feels something. Enough to take Harlow deep into the mountains, into the isolation he’s used as armor, and vows to protect her with everything he has left.

Trapped together in a blizzard with killers closing in, their unwanted connection ignites into something fierce and undeniable. Desire builds with every hour they survive, but so do the secrets neither wants to face.

But the truth buried in the snow is far darker than imagined. To save the missing, to survive the storm, and to claim a future together, Rhys and Harlow must confront the one truth neither wants to face:

Some ghosts don’t stay buried.
And on Talon Mountain, justice always comes with a price.