Young Love, Plenty of Heat: Mountain Man’s Fire & Glass

I usually give my heroes a little mileage before love catches up with them. They’ve had time to develop some habits, acquire a few scars, and convince themselves they’re perfectly fine on their own.

Caleb is still finding his footing. And writing him falling for Annie reminded me how much I enjoy a love story between two people whose futures are just beginning to take shape.

Caleb and Annie are probably the youngest couple I’ve written about. That gave Mountain Man’s Fire & Glass a different feeling for me. There’s something especially tender about discovering someone you want a future with while you’re still figuring out what that future might look like.

Of course, young love in an Opal Nicks book comes with plenty of heat. 

Two Very Different Ways of Working with Fire

Caleb is a young firefighter determined to prove himself. If you’ve read Wild For The Mountain Man, you’ve already met his father. Now his son gets a love story of his own, and I loved returning to that family through the next generation.

Annie is a glass artist. Fire is part of her work, too, but she uses it to make beautiful things. I was drawn to that connection between them: the same element plays such a different role in each of their lives.

Neither career leaves much room for carelessness. Attraction, however, doesn’t wait for a convenient moment—or ask whether you feel ready.

I’ll leave you to discover how these two find their way toward each other. What I can tell you is that I wanted to give them room to be young, capable, passionate, and still learning. They don’t have every answer before they fall in love. Who does?

Autumn in Cady Springs felt like the perfect setting for Caleb and Annie’s story. If you’ve been following Rocky Mountain Autumn Nights, I hope you’ll enjoy spending a little more time here. If this is your first visit, you can begin with this couple. Their romance can be enjoyed on its own.

Mountain Man’s Fire & Glass releases October 2nd on Amazon for $3.99 and will be available to read with Kindle Unlimited.

Expect a young firefighter, a talented glass artist, a swift and steamy fall into love, and the happily-ever-after I always want for my couples.

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