Mountain Man's Hope

Thank God Robin's all right. That's the last thing I remember thinking before I lost consciousness.

The headstrong young rookie joining the crew for the summer fire season is everything I could hope for in a woman. She's as tough as any of the guys on my team, with mouthwatering curves that beg to be claimed.

I have every intention of making Robin mine, until a chance accident puts me in a hospital bed for months.

Robin's by my side through it all; the air lift to the burn ward in Seattle, recovery, rehab, coming back to Moonshine Ridge less than the man I was before.

I'd be a fool to let her go.

Until I see what a life with me really means for her.

That's when I know the ring in my pocket can never go on Robin's finger.

I almost died to save her, I can't ask her to do the same for me.

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