Sexy paranormal romance • Alaska cabin setting • mountain man vampire MMC • fresh-start FMC after loss • neighbor romance • fated mates vibes • secret identity revealed • protective, tortured hero • past sins catching up

This title will be released on April 6, 2027.

Perfect for readers of:

Vampire romance with a rugged, isolated hero and a cozy-wild setting
Fresh-start stories where grief turns into a second chance at love
“He’s dangerous but gentle with her” protective MMC energy
Fated-mate style connection with high heat and real external threats

Spice: 5/5

Sexy, pulse-racing, and chemistry-forward.

The vibe

After a painful loss, Riley Hudson needs a reset—somewhere quiet enough to breathe again. She finds it in a little cabin in Skagway, Alaska, surrounded by snowy trails and open skies. What she doesn’t expect is her new neighbor: a burly, rugged mountain man whose kindness stops her in her tracks… and whose pull feels impossible to ignore.

Silas Stroud has spent more than a century in self-imposed isolation, trying to atone for the crimes he committed as a newly turned vampire. He’s convinced he deserves to be alone forever—until Riley arrives. The beautiful human woman next door calls to him in a way he’s never felt, and Silas can’t shake the certainty that she might be his mate.

Then Riley uncovers his secret. Now she has to decide what it means to want a man who isn’t human—and whether she can surrender to the passion between them, especially when vampirism comes with some unexpectedly hot benefits. But Silas’s past doesn’t stay buried, and the shadows he’s been running from are ready to steal every drop of happiness they’ve found.

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