Rugged Desires Series by Clark Quatermain

An exhausted city boy. A reclusive mountain man. One wrong turn—and one brutal storm that traps them in a single-bed cabin.Cole flies to Oregon to outrun heartbreak. A solo hike should clear his head, but a missed trail marker leaves him miles off-course as dusk creeps in. The lone glow of a cedar-log cabin is his only hope—along with its rugged, self-sufficient owner, Reed, who ditched civilization for silent peaks and a wood-burning stove... moreAn exhausted city boy. A reclusive mountain man. One wrong turn—and one brutal storm that traps them in a single-bed cabin.Cole flies to Oregon to outrun heartbreak. A solo hike should clear his head, but a missed trail marker leaves him miles off-course as dusk creeps in. The lone glow of a cedar-log cabin is his only hope—along with its rugged, self-sufficient owner, Reed, who ditched civilization for silent peaks and a wood-burning stove.Reed isn’t looking for company, yet he can’t leave the shivering hiker outside to freeze. While Cole warms up, the weather turns savage: branches shatter, wind hammers the roof, and the two men are locked inside with a dwindling woodpile and a single narrow mattress. Forced proximity sparks blistering chemistry as Cole discovers rough mountain hands feel nothing like the slick city love he left behind—and Reed learns some storms are worth opening the door for.• High-heat MM romance • Hurt/comfort • Forced proximity • Bi-awakening vibes • Happy-For-Now endingAt 10,000 words, this novella is a one-night binge and the perfect entry point to the Rugged Desires series.Love gruff mountain men, city-boy discoveries, and steamy cabin nights? Click Buy Now—or read free in Kindle Unlimited—and ride out the storm tonight. less

A rookie smokejumper. A battle-hardened river guide. One blown chute—and a wildfire rewriting every escape route.Fresh-certified Miles Walker boards his first jump plane eager to prove himself. Thirty seconds later his parachute streamers, dumping him into the Blackfoot River... moreA rookie smokejumper. A battle-hardened river guide. One blown chute—and a wildfire rewriting every escape route.Fresh-certified Miles Walker boards his first jump plane eager to prove himself. Thirty seconds later his parachute streamers, dumping him into the Blackfoot River. River guide Sky Whitfield hauls the hypothermic rookie onto his raft, certain the worst has passed—until the ridgeline detonates, flash floods choke the canyon, and the only way out is through a collapsing mine and a night of fire that keeps changing the rules.With sparks raining down and oxygen running thin, Miles and Sky huddle under foil shelters, share body-heat, patch burns by head-lamp, and tape their wrists together so neither man vanishes in the smoke. What starts as survival necessity ignites into something hotter—rough hands turning gentle, quick breaths turning hungry—inside a back-country cabin that might burn before morning.• High-heat M/M romance • Gruff veteran × rookie spark • Forced proximity & life-or-death stakes • Happy-For-Now endingAt 18,000 words (~70 pages), this adrenaline-spiked novella is perfect for a a weekend afternoon or a stolen evening when you crave survival tension and rough-edged tenderness in equal measure.Love heroes who fight just as fiercely for each other as they do against the fire? Click Buy Now—or read free in Kindle Unlimited—and dive into the heat tonight. less

A mysterious drifter with dangerous hands. A grieving rancher who trusts no one. One Wyoming ranch where secrets and heat collide.Still raw from his father's death, Wyatt McCrae has sworn off hired help—until a lone stranger rolls up his drive at dawn. Diego Serrano moves like trouble, works like salvation, and makes Wyatt's blood burn hotter than August drought... moreA mysterious drifter with dangerous hands. A grieving rancher who trusts no one. One Wyoming ranch where secrets and heat collide.Still raw from his father's death, Wyatt McCrae has sworn off hired help—until a lone stranger rolls up his drive at dawn. Diego Serrano moves like trouble, works like salvation, and makes Wyatt's blood burn hotter than August drought. But with cattle disappearing across the valley and his father's killer still free, wanting the wrong man could cost him everything he has left.By day, they mend fences and birth calves—Diego’s sure hands teaching Wyatt to trust again. By night, they crash together in the tack saddle leather creaking, rough palms branding skin. Yet Diego’s secrets weigh more than the worn duffel on his shoulder. When armed rustlers storm the ranch with gasoline and rifles, both men must the lies that brought them together or the truth that could bury them both.• High-heat MM romance • Reluctant allies to lovers • Forced proximity • Hurt/comfort & small-town suspense • Guaranteed HEA14,500 words of grit, gun-smoke, and barn-scorching passion.Craving a cowboy thriller stacked with raw heat and razor-edge secrets? Saddle up on Kindle Unlimited or one-click and ride away now. less

A by-the-book safety inspector who's shut down three oil rigs. A massive Cajun driller who works with his hands. One hurricane, one narrow bunk—and nowhere to hide.Lucas Li earned the nickname "Terminator" among Gulf roughnecks. But trapped in eight feet of steel cabin with Beaux Fontenot—a wall of Louisiana muscle who has to duck through doorways and whose hands make a wrench look small—Lucas discovers that Category 2 winds have nothing on the pressure building between them... moreA by-the-book safety inspector who's shut down three oil rigs. A massive Cajun driller who works with his hands. One hurricane, one narrow bunk—and nowhere to hide.Lucas Li earned the nickname "Terminator" among Gulf roughnecks. But trapped in eight feet of steel cabin with Beaux Fontenot—a wall of Louisiana muscle who has to duck through doorways and whose hands make a wrench look small—Lucas discovers that Category 2 winds have nothing on the pressure building between them. As Sophia tears at the rig and equipment failures threaten lives, the heat between them becomes more dangerous than any storm.With disaster mounting and corporate wolves circling, Lucas faces an impossible protect the career that defines him or protect the crew—and the driller who's redefined what matters. The forced proximity gets tighter by the hour while steam gets thick enough to fog every porthole on the rig. When you're riding out a storm with a man like Beaux, the only thing getting inspected is how much heat two bodies can generate in one narrow bunk.High-heat MM romanceForced proximityBlue collar x white collarHurt/comfortGuaranteed HEAAt 25,000 words, this novella will keep you up all night—and not just from the hurricane.Craving a driller who goes deep? Read free on Kindle Unlimited or Buy Now and brace for impact. less

A city boy carrying his mother's ashes. A snowplow driver who hasn't let anyone close since burying his wife. One whiteout on Alaska's most notorious highway changes everything.Oliver Westbrook's rental Jeep dies at mile 184 on the most isolated highway in North America. Forty below, whiteout conditions, his mother's urn locked inside—and he's freezing to death in the snow... moreA city boy carrying his mother's ashes. A snowplow driver who hasn't let anyone close since burying his wife. One whiteout on Alaska's most notorious highway changes everything.Oliver Westbrook's rental Jeep dies at mile 184 on the most isolated highway in North America. Forty below, whiteout conditions, his mother's urn locked inside—and he's freezing to death in the snow. Enter Hank a mountain of a man in Carhartt coveralls who pulls Oliver from the storm and has to strip them both naked just to keep him alive.Hank's been frozen solid for years, and that's how he likes it. Oliver hasn't existed outside a hospice room since his mother's diagnosis. But stuck together in Hank's off-grid cabin while Oliver's Jeep gets fixed, the grief they carry starts to crack—and the heat between them burns hotter than the woodstove. Between plow shifts on frozen highway and a "pool lesson" at a Coldfoot bar that leaves the felt ruined and both men shaking, what starts as survival becomes something neither one expected.Oliver has a flight waiting in Fairbanks. Hank's spent a decade learning that loving someone just means losing them. But some storms don't pass—they change the whole landscape.High-heat MM romanceForced proximityHurt/comfortTouch-starved heroesSize differenceBi-awakeningGuaranteed HEAAt 30,000 words, this novella runs hot enough to melt permafrost.Craving a driver who knows how to plow? Read free on Kindle Unlimited or Buy Now and brace for whiteout conditions. less