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The next book from Moonshine Ridge is here!

The Diaz siblings start off with Vale-- oldest son, ex-Marine, head over heels for the new bartender down at Cedar McAllister's tavern in town. (You can read Cedar's story in Surrender to the Mountain Man.)

This is another quick, dirty, over-the-top, instalove.

It's got you're usual grumpy mountain man, an age gap, and an innocent heroine with added fake engagement and a sprinkle of "touch her and die" thrown in for good measure.

Also: goat shenanigans and mischievous old ladies.

Vale Diaz

***

The pretty, young thing pouring my whiskey today is new around here. One look and immediately I'm a man obsessed. But Sparrow doesn't need a grumpy, ex-Marine hovering over her.

The corps left me with too many scars; both the kind that show and the kind that don't, for me to think this ray of sunshine would have anything to do with the likes of me.

Until some pencil-neck weasel comes into the bar one night while I'm nursing a drink I only ordered so I could see Sparrow.

He wants her back; orders her to walk off her job and come home with him this instant.

That's when I stand up, using all six foot, five inches of my wide frame to tell the nitwit to leave my fiance alone.

Now Sparrow's stuck with me, pretending I'm the love of her life while we wait for her ex to give up and leave town without her.

But when our little charade crosses the line, I only have one chance to convince her that I'm not pretending.

Get that Mountain Man

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On a Personal Note:

I haven't been out taking many pictures lately, but you might recall that last summer I was pretty bummed about not managing to catch any lightning photos-- despite the number of times I was worried about getting hit by it!

I rolled into some nameless corner of Arizona a few weeks ago just in time to catch this awesome storm a few miles away from camp and was utterly thrilled to finally manage a few shots.

They won't win any contests, but they still came out pretty cool.

~Rocklyn