The Mountain Man’s Mail Order Temptation

She signed up for forever. I never signed up.I came to the mountains to disappear. To bury the black ops soldier I used to be and live in peace. Instead, my matchmaking grandma decided I needed a mail-order bride.Is this the Wild West? Who travels up a mountain to marry a stranger?Apparently, Ellie does. She shows up on my porch with a glittery suitcase, a sunshine smile, and curves made for my hands.With the shadows of my past and the blood on my hands-this innocent woman shouldn’t be anywhere near me.I shouldn’t even think about touching her.Yet I can’t stop my hungry gaze from tracing her curves. And every time she looks at me with those wide, hopeful eyes, I want to drag her close, claim her, and ruin her for anyone else.Except she didn’t just come here for a fresh start. She came here for protection.She thinks the most dangerous man in her life is the one chasing her.She’s wrong.It’s me. And I protect what’s mine.She’s not going anywhere.But can she handle my own secrets... the ones I’ve buried even deeper than hers?If you love grumpy x sunshine, OTT protective ex-military men, curvy heroines, slow-burn tension, and scorching spice, you’ll fall hard for this mountain man and his mail-order bride. Anson is the ultimate leave-me-the-hell-alone hero... until he’s gifted a sunshiney, v-card bride he shouldn’t want-but absolutely does.All Ash Henry books come with an HEA guarantee: Protective grumps. Soft women. All the heat. Whether they’re guarding her body or healing her heart, Ash Henry heroes fall fast, fall hard, and would burn the world down for the woman they love. No cliffhangers, no cheating, and no heroines too dumb to live-just primal devotion, emotional payoff, and love worth falling for.