The Mountain Man’s Forever Valentine: A Wounded Warrior Second Chance Small Town Mountain Man Holiday Romance (Granite Ridge Smokejumpers #5)

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She's the girl he left behind. He's the soldier who never stopped loving her.

Ash Coltrane thought leaving Granite Ridge would prove he was good enough. Ten years in the military, countless missions, the ultimate sacrifice—he became everything he thought Sloane Townsend's father wanted for her. But when he returns home broken and lost, he discovers she's been waiting...for a man who never came back.

Sloane buried her dreams of competitive kayaking when her father died, pouring her heart into the family's struggling cabin resort while Ash disappeared without a word. Now he's back—haunted, guarded, and convinced she deserves better than a former SEAL with blood on his hands and ghosts in his head. But the chemistry between them is still explosive, and Sloane is done playing it safe.

When the entire town conspires to throw them together at a Valentine's fundraiser, one scorching kiss ignites a decade of buried longing. Ash wants to run. Sloane refuses to let him. And as they're forced to confront the pain of the past and the passion they never stopped feeling, both must decide: is love worth the risk of staying this time?

In small-town Montana, some wounds take a lifetime to heal—but some loves are worth fighting for.

The Mountain Man’s Forever Valentine is a standalone second-chance romance featuring a tortured hero learning he's always been worthy, a dutiful heroine choosing herself for once, scorching rekindled chemistry, and a guaranteed HEA. No cheating, no cliffhangers—just small-town Montana romance that hits right in the feels!

This Valentine’s Day, Cupid has an arrow for each of the Granite Ridge bad boys. Don’t miss a single title in the trilogy.

The Mountain Man’s Reluctant Valentine
The Mountain Man’s Forever Valentine
The Mountain Man’s Unexpected Valentine

WELCOME TO GRANITE RIDGE!

In the remote Montana mountains, elite smokejumpers and rescue specialists discover that the bravest thing they'll ever do isn't fighting wildfires—it's risking their guarded hearts for the fierce women who make them believe in second chances.