It was a new start at life.

And one me and my little girl needed badly.

My ex-husband took everything from us, his greed knowing no bounds.

So we left and hid in a little mountain town in Canada. Our future promising to be new and untainted.

But I’m done with men for a long while.

Love is too hard, and it demands too much.

And yet, it refuses to let me slide by untouched in my new life.

The strong, handsome, silent-type threatens to steal my heart.

He quite possibly could. We’re both running from something, but in the end, we end up running toward each other.

I wasn’t looking for love, but I’m forced to face the truth.

More than anything in the world, I want to be this mountain man’s girl.