Wildwood Valley Christmas Series by Lilah Hart

A toppled Christmas tree brings her face-to-face with a rugged ex-soldier—and the spark that could change everything.Getting body-slammed by a Christmas tree wasn’t on my holiday bingo card. But that’s life when you’re working on the family tree lot.What I really didn’t expect? The grumpiest, hottest mountain man I’ve ever seen swooping in to rescue me.Hendrix Lowe was supposed to be just another customer... moreA toppled Christmas tree brings her face-to-face with a rugged ex-soldier—and the spark that could change everything.Getting body-slammed by a Christmas tree wasn’t on my holiday bingo card. But that’s life when you’re working on the family tree lot.What I really didn’t expect? The grumpiest, hottest mountain man I’ve ever seen swooping in to rescue me.Hendrix Lowe was supposed to be just another customer. Instead, one brush of his hand against mine lit me up brighter than the star on top of a Fraser fir.Turns out he’s one of my brother’s old military buddies, in town for the holidays—and suddenly my quick two-week visit home feels way too short.I came back to Wildwood Valley for pine needles and cocoa. I wasn’t planning on six feet of rugged charm with gray eyes that undo me and hands that make me forget every carefully laid plan.They say you can’t build forever on Christmas magic. Hendrix might just prove them wrong.Mountain Man's Holiday Home is an OTT age-gap holiday romance featuring an alpha hero and V-card heroine. It's a forced proximity ex-military, lumberjack romance with lots of steam that's designed to be read in only 1 hour. If you like short, steamy instalove novellas, you’ll love the entire Wildwood Valley Christmas series! less

Someone's stealing her Christmas soaps. He's about to steal her heart.Someone is stealing my star-shaped Christmas soaps.I discover the theft on the second morning of Wildwood Valley's holiday festival, and I'm furious. This was supposed to be my big break—my chance to turn my family's three-generation soap-making tradition into a real business. Instead, some festival saboteur is helping themselves to my handcrafted inventory... moreSomeone's stealing her Christmas soaps. He's about to steal her heart.Someone is stealing my star-shaped Christmas soaps.I discover the theft on the second morning of Wildwood Valley's holiday festival, and I'm furious. This was supposed to be my big break—my chance to turn my family's three-generation soap-making tradition into a real business. Instead, some festival saboteur is helping themselves to my handcrafted inventory.When I spot what looks like a security guard near the entrance, I march over to demand answers. Turns out he's not security at all—he's Gunnar Erickson, a mountain man with pine-green eyes and a military-straight posture who makes my pulse skip with just one look.He volunteers to help solve my soap mystery. Smart move, considering someone also cut the wires on the festival's Christmas tree lighting display.What I don't expect is the way Gunnar looks at me like I'm the answer to every prayer he's never said. Or how our evening stakeout turns into the most honest conversation I've ever had with a man. Or the moment I find myself confessing that I'm twenty-three, single, and waiting for the right guy to be my first.The raccoons aren't the only ones stealing things in Wildwood Valley. This quiet, protective mountain man is about to steal my heart.And I'm going to let him.Mountain Man's Christmas Star is an OTT age-gap holiday romance featuring an alpha hero and V-card heroine. It's a forced proximity ex-military, lumberjack romance with lots of steam that's designed to be read in only 1 hour. If you like short, steamy instalove novellas, you’ll love the entire Wildwood Valley Christmas series! less

He needs her bells for the Christmas ceremony. She rings his bell in ways he never expected.I'm dreaming of tacos when the hottest mountain man I've ever seen storms up to my booth at the Wildwood Valley Christmas Festival.No introduction. No smile. Just those intense brown eyes pinning me like I've committed some crime, and a gruff demand for three of my hand-painted Christmas bells... moreHe needs her bells for the Christmas ceremony. She rings his bell in ways he never expected.I'm dreaming of tacos when the hottest mountain man I've ever seen storms up to my booth at the Wildwood Valley Christmas Festival.No introduction. No smile. Just those intense brown eyes pinning me like I've committed some crime, and a gruff demand for three of my hand-painted Christmas bells. Apparently the mayor needs them for tonight's tree lighting ceremony, and I'm supposed to ring them on stage in front of half the town.My price for public humiliation? He buys me dinner.What I don't expect is the way my skin burns every time we accidentally touch. Or how his rare smiles make my heart race faster than jingle bells. Or that a simple conversation over pie will have me confessing my most embarrassing secret—that at twenty-three, I've never been with anyone.The way Jonas looks at me after that revelation could melt every snowflake in the mountains.He tells me he's glad I waited, that he wants to be my first everything. But when I catch him watching me with the festival kids, something shifts in those beautiful eyes. Suddenly he's pulling away, convinced his foster care past makes him damaged goods.He thinks he'll ruin my chance at a normal life.I think he's the missing piece I never knew I was searching for. Now I just have to convince this stubborn, sexy carpenter that some of the best families are the ones you choose for yourself—and that our love is strong enough to create the Christmas magic he never had as a child.Because I'm not leaving Wildwood Valley without him.Mountain Man's Holiday Bell is an OTT age-gap holiday romance featuring an alpha hero and V-card heroine. It's a forced proximity ex-military, lumberjack romance with lots of steam that's designed to be read in only 1 hour. If you like short, steamy instalove novellas, you’ll love the entire Wildwood Valley Christmas series! less

Her Christmas lanterns save the festival—and catch mountain man Wade's eye. Can she trust his promise of forever?I'm just trying to survive the Christmas festival with my dignity intact.My handmade wooden lanterns aren't exactly flying off the table, my student loans are crushing me, and I'm pretty sure I'm destined to be single forever. At twenty-three, I've never even been kissed—pathetic, right?Then Wade Metcalfe shows up at my booth... moreHer Christmas lanterns save the festival—and catch mountain man Wade's eye. Can she trust his promise of forever?I'm just trying to survive the Christmas festival with my dignity intact.My handmade wooden lanterns aren't exactly flying off the table, my student loans are crushing me, and I'm pretty sure I'm destined to be single forever. At twenty-three, I've never even been kissed—pathetic, right?Then Wade Metcalfe shows up at my booth.He's six feet of pure mountain man perfection, all broad shoulders and blue eyes that make me forget how to breathe. When the festival's pathway lights fail and he needs to borrow my lanterns for the children's Christmas pageant, I should say no. These lanterns are my livelihood, and kids break things.But something about Wade makes me want to say yes to everything.One handshake turns into helping him set up the lighting. One conversation leads to dinner in his truck. One perfect first kiss changes everything.I'm falling hard and fast for this protective, patient man who handles my delicate lanterns like they're made of spun glass. But when I watch him with the festival children, I see the future we could have—and it terrifies me. I've already lost everyone I've ever loved.How can I risk my heart when beautiful things always end?Mountain Man's Christmas Light is an OTT age-gap holiday romance featuring an alpha hero and V-card heroine. It's a forced proximity ex-military, lumberjack romance with lots of steam that's designed to be read in only 1 hour. If you like short, steamy instalove novellas, you’ll love the entire Wildwood Valley Christmas series! less

She’s spent her life living for everyone else. He makes her wonder if she could finally choose herself.I’d spent my whole life living for everyone else.Since the age of twelve, I’d worked in my parents’ restaurant—trading proms for late-night shifts, friendships for endless obligations, and love for a future I never chose. At twenty-three, I was still stuck in their dream, not mine, pouring my heart into crafting snow globes that captured the kind of family and freedom I’d never have... moreShe’s spent her life living for everyone else. He makes her wonder if she could finally choose herself.I’d spent my whole life living for everyone else.Since the age of twelve, I’d worked in my parents’ restaurant—trading proms for late-night shifts, friendships for endless obligations, and love for a future I never chose. At twenty-three, I was still stuck in their dream, not mine, pouring my heart into crafting snow globes that captured the kind of family and freedom I’d never have.Then came the Wildwood Valley Christmas Festival.One careless moment—a pack of kids knocking over my display—sent my carefully built world crashing in pieces across the frozen ground. And that’s when he appeared.Buck.A mountain man with steady hands, eyes warm as melted chocolate, and a quiet strength that made me feel seen for the very first time. He didn’t just help gather broken glass—he saw beauty in what was shattered. He saw me.Mountain Man's Winter Wonder is an OTT age-gap holiday romance featuring an alpha hero and V-card heroine. It's a forced proximity ex-military, lumberjack romance with lots of steam that's designed to be read in only 1 hour. If you like short, steamy instalove novellas, you’ll love the entire Wildwood Valley Christmas series! less

She came to sell fudge. He demanded black coffee instead.I came to Wildwood Valley's Christmas festival to sell my gourmet fudge and test my dream of opening a mountain shop.I didn't plan on falling for a grumpy mountain man who demanded black coffee at a hot chocolate booth.Keaton Reed was everything I should have avoided. Rugged, intense, and way too confident for his own good. The kind of man who made smart women do stupid things... moreShe came to sell fudge. He demanded black coffee instead.I came to Wildwood Valley's Christmas festival to sell my gourmet fudge and test my dream of opening a mountain shop.I didn't plan on falling for a grumpy mountain man who demanded black coffee at a hot chocolate booth.Keaton Reed was everything I should have avoided. Rugged, intense, and way too confident for his own good. The kind of man who made smart women do stupid things.Like agree to let him help run my booth when a busload of unexpected customers showed up.Like follow him upstairs at the wrap party for what was supposed to be just dinner and conversation.Like give him something I'd never given anyone else.By the time I realized I was falling, it was too late to run. He'd already decided I belonged in his world, in his town, in his life.The problem? I lived twenty minutes away in Hartsville, had a job there, a whole life I'd built from scratch.But Keaton wasn't the kind of man who took no for an answer. And maybe, just maybe, I was ready to stop running from the best thing that had ever happened to me.Some Christmas gifts change everything.Mountain Man's Christmas Gift is an OTT age-gap romance featuring an alpha hero and V-card heroine. It's a forced proximity ex-military, lumberjack romance with lots of steam that's designed to be read in only 1 hour. If you like short, steamy instalove novellas, you’ll love the entire Wildwood Valley Harvest series! less