She came to Seduction Summit to film the “Hardwood Hottie”—not fall for him. But when he catches her camping outside his cabin, everything changes.
Social media can't stop talking about the Hardwood Hottie. In fact, women are flocking to Seduction Summit to get a glimpse of him.
But I'm the only one camped out next to his house. My goal is to capture some video of him while also interviewing a few of the women who came to town to see him.
I don't count on him finding my tent while I'm away from the campsite. When he takes all my belongings, I have no choice but to talk to him. As I get to know him, though, I don't know how to tell him I'm in town to write about him. As I start to fall for him, my lie begins to weigh on me.
Ferocious Mountain Man is an OTT age-gap romance featuring an alpha hero and V-card heroine. It’s designed to be read in only 90 minutes. If you like short, steamy instalove novellas, you’ll love the entire Seduction Summit Trails series!
What do you get when Sahara, an investigative journalist, comes looking for a story about one hot logger? Another short but oh so entertaining, hot, and sweet story that doesn’t disappoint!! Rafe is cinnamon roll hero all the way and so supportive of his instalove woman. Epilogue is stellar and please say a Wildwood Valley Series is coming up next!!!.
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Ferocious Mountain Man Is book Book 6 of the Seduction Summit Trails series. It's a short and steamy, instalove, OTT, age-gap, opposites-attract, curvy virgin gets her mountain man romance. Sahara is a 23-year-old curvy freelance writer and artist. Rafe is a hunky lumberjack whose image was posted online causing women to come looking for him. Sahara is camping on property near his cabin to try and get a story. But Rafe is drawn to the curvy beauty. As they spend time together, things get hot and steamy. Will she stay? They had insane chemistry and the ending was so happy. I love this series.
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WOW!! Fab*u*lous Absolutely love this one!! I couldn't put this one down. This was a nice quick, short read.
Rafe and Sahara met when she comes back to her tent and it's missing. Rafe is standing on his front porch watching Sahara. Sahara finds out that Rafe took all of her things so she goes to get them back. Sahara came to Seduction Summit to get a story about Rafe and all the woman who are after him. Sahara gets her tent back but Rafe offers her to sleep in his cabin. Sahara wants to stand on her own so she gets her tent set back up. While lying in bed Rafe can't sleep he hears a woman screaming. Rafe runs out to see what is going on. Rafe doesn't want to enter the tent so he asks Sahara if she's alright. Sahara asks Rafe to come inside and they start to talk. Sahara makes up that she's here to get more influencers on her social media and find out who Larsen is. Rafe finds out that Sahara never dated while she was growing up. Sahara doesn't want to have kids at an early age she wants to get her career going and not be tied down early in life. When Rafe asks Sahara if she ever wants to have kids she tells him she does but not right now. Rafe wants to know if Seduction Summit is someplace Sahara could see herself living and she tells him she could. Rafe kisses Sahara, then he pleasures her then they make love. Sahara then realizes that Rafe doesn't know the real reason she's here, so she explains to him why she came to stake him out. Rafe forgives Sahara when she tells him she didn't sleep with him for the story after all she was a virgin. Sahara tells Rafe she doesn't need to write the article but he tells her she should. Sahara wants to enjoy the time she has with Rafe, getting to know one another. Ten years later, Rafe and Sahara are married and have one daughter and one son. Sahara opened a new store in town Sketch and Sip Lodge and is booking parties. All the wives of Seduction Summit get together for time to time. While the men who work together everyday they were brothers all fellow soldiers. Rafe thanks Larsen for bringing Sahara to him, after all if she hadn't posted the video of him chopping wood they would have never met. When you put your heart of the line the reward is worth the risk.
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He went viral chopping wood. She came to expose the frenzy. Neither expected to fall.
Sahara (h) is a determined writer chasing a story about the internet's latest obsession, a reclusive mountain man known only as the Hardwood Hottie. What starts as a calculated move to track him down turns into something she can’t control. When her tent vanishes, she finds herself face to face with the man behind the myth. And he's not just real. He’s staring straight through her.
Rafe (H) has lived quietly in the woods, hiding a past that taught him to trust no one. The fan attention annoys him. The woman who camps on his land? Even more. But Sahara is different. She’s sharp, grounded, and she doesn’t flinch when he challenges her. For the first time, he wants someone to stay.
One night, one storm, and one shared truth crack them wide open. What begins in mistrust shifts into something real, raw, and impossible to ignore. But when the full truth about why Sahara came to town surfaces, Rafe has to decide if she’s just another visitor or the one he’s been waiting for.
Sahara transforms from a guarded outsider into someone brave enough to lead with her heart. Rafe sheds isolation for connection, fear for devotion. Their relationship burns fast but deep, built on honesty, vulnerability, and a quiet kind of faith.
It’s about finding home in a person, not a place. It’s about being seen and staying anyway. And it’s about love that doesn't wait to feel real. It just is.
A steamy, age gap, instalove, curvy girl, grumpy sunshine, city girl meets mountain man, small town romance exploring love, transformation, trust, vulnerability, empowerment, second chances, community, breaking stereotypes, found family, and self-discovery.
Are you interested in sizzlng hot passion and the one just waiting for their person? Well then you definitely will want to get this winner. Sahara is looking for the mountain man hottie seen on social media and the women chasing him. She loses her chance to interview one of the women but ends up and face to face with Rafe the hot mountain man himself. She's taken aback by how good-looking he is in person.She sees that all her camping equipment is gone and Rafe admits he has it. Through heated discussion she gets it back and puts it right back up off his property. Rafe wants to be alone but there's something about Sahara and the feelings she brings out in him that he's never felt in his life. Their chemistry is unbelievably hot and the sparks of electricity between them just crackles. Will Rafe and Sahara decide that even notoriety is so worth the risk if it means being together for a lifetime? Can Sahara reveal her secret too Rafe knowing she could lose him and end up breaking her heart? Does Rafe encourage Sahara on her career path and does he tell her that he wants forever with her? This author is truly amazing and will have your interest from the beginning. So I highly recommend you get this electric passion filled 5 ⭐️ hit.i loved it and know you will too.
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*Ferocious Mountain Man* is the sixth and final book in the Seduction Summit Trails series, and it’s such a fun read! Sahara is on a mission to uncover the identity of the "Hardwood Hottie," a guy everyone on social media is buzzing about. She’s come to the Seduction Summit to write a story about him and chat with other women who are also looking for Mr. Hottie. So far, she’s the only one who’s tracked him down, and she's set up her campsite right next to his to snap some pictures and videos.
But things take a twist when Rafe finds her campsite and decides to take all her belongings! What neither of them anticipated was the strong connection they would feel for each other, along with some serious chemistry that just feels right.
I loved Rafe and Sahara’s sweet instalove story—what a delightful way to wrap up this series! I really enjoyed the Trails series and watching all the couples find their happy endings. I’m crossing my fingers for a new series, maybe set in the nearby Wildwood Valley, which sounds exciting and unique with mostly female characters! I can’t wait to see what’s next. Enjoy, and I hope to catch you in the next series!
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Sahara is an investigative journalist who has arrived in Seduction Summit to interview some of the women who have come seeking the latest internet sensation, the lumberjack known as Hardwood Hottie.
She plans on writing an article about him after interviewing women who have arrived with the goal of tracking him down. So far, she's the only one who has actually discovered where he lives. The other women are watching an empty decoy cabin. She wants to make a point about the silliness of objectifying someone or something. This week, Rafe is the internet attraction; next week, the public could be enamored with a zoo baby. Of course, she's also not above posting some new shirtless photos of him online, too.
Rafe is another one of the hot men in his mid-thirties who moved to Seduction Summit after his military service to work as a lumberjack or in construction. Lately twenty-three-year-old virgins have been visiting the town to view the hot hunks, falling in love with them, getting married, and starting families. After meeting Sahara, Rafe is more than ready to follow that trend.
Guess which demographics Sahara fits...
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🌲🔥 A Ferociously Fun, Fast-Burn Romance with Heart and Heat! 🔥🌲
I wasn’t ready for how much I’d fall for this deliciously grumpy lumberjack and the determined young woman camping on his land!
Sahara heads to Seduction Summit chasing a viral story—the infamous "Hardwood Hottie"—but what she finds is so much more than content for her followers. Rafe is gruff, guarded, and unexpectedly sweet once the layers start peeling back. Their chemistry? Instant and off the charts.
What starts as an awkward (and hilarious) encounter soon turns into a swoony, steamy, age-gap romance that had me smiling, sighing, and maybe fanning myself just a little.
This short and spicy read hits all the right notes: ✔️ Alpha Mountain man with a soft spot ✔️ Virgin heroine with a secret ✔️ Forced proximity + accidental camping ✔️ A raccoon cameo that had me laughing out loud ✔️ Guaranteed HEA that warms the heart
Ferocious Mountain Man is everything I love in a quick mountain romance—humor, heat, heart, and a hero who knows exactly how to claim what’s his. Lilah Hart does it again!
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Grumpy, guarded, and completely irresistible!
Lilah Hart absolutely delivers with the final book in the Seduction Summit Trails series! Ferocious Mountain Man is steamy, swoony, and impossible to put down.
Sahara is a determined journalist with a camera and a secret. Rafe is the elusive, broody mountain man the internet has dubbed the Hardwood Hottie (and oh yes, he lives up to the name 😍). What starts as a fun assignment quickly turns into something much deeper when their worlds collide—literally at the edge of the woods.
Their chemistry crackles from the start, but what really hooked me was the emotional build-up. Rafe is so much more than the internet persona he’s become, and Sahara’s guilt over her secret adds just the right tension. The way their relationship evolves—from enemies to reluctant allies to something beautifully intimate—was handled so well.
This book wraps the series with heart, heat, and just the right amount of emotional angst. A perfect read for fans of grumpy recluses, hidden identities, and fiery mountain men with soft centers.
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Ferocious Mountain Man is the last book in the Seduction Summit Trails series. Seduction Summit is a ski resort community full of military vets in the North Carolina mountains. The men became lumberjacks to help with demand for new cabins and cottages. This book focuses on lumberjack Rafe and Sahara, a young woman who is an investigative journalist who came to Seduction Summit to write an article about the Hardwood Hottie. The Hardwood Hottie is the nickname of the lumberjack chopping wood shirtless in the latest internet viral video. Sahara came for a story but may end up staying for the man.
Once again, Ms. Hart has written a terrific fast-paced, steamy story that includes an interesting and hilarious plot and characters. Hart is excellent at world building, especially with her mountain town of Seduction Summit that is featured in this and some of her other series. Don’t forget to read the Epilogue because not only does it do a go job of wrapping up this story, but also the series. I think Hart is giving us a hint in the Epilogue about her next series. I definitely recommend this book!.
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I absolutely loved this story. Each story had lots of love, sex and laughs. The Seduction Summit Stories were all fantastic. I loved all of the characters and loved each storyline so very much.
Sahara came to Seduction Summit to write a story about the Hardwood Hottie “Rafe”. All the women that came to Seduction Summit were camped out at a fake residence that was planted to keep them all away from Rafe. Sahara being a writer looked up all the necessary information and found where he was living. She was camped out on the next vacant land in a tent. While she was at the Lodge to try and interview some of the women she realized that instead she could write about the women who came to Seduction Summit and never left. They all fell in love with their very own Mountain Man and lived their lives there. As Sahara reached the area where she had set up her tent and left all her things they were gone. She was ready to call the police. She walked over to Rafe’s whom she didn’t know his name at the time and asked if he had seen who stole her things. Rafe told her… 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💜💜💜💜💜💜😊😊😊😊😊😊
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Sahara is drawn to Seduction Summit to write about the new hotties Lumberjack everyone is trying to track down. She just wants to find a hook. When she treks back to the spot she's got set up to tent at, everything else being full, she is surprised. She finds her stuff gone, and is ready to go head to head with the mountain man growling at her.
Rafe is all about keeping his head low so woman stop stalking him and wanting to find the latest internet hottie. He didn't expect Sahara to have so much fire, and not quite put the pieces together who he was, and she just wanted a place to sleep. Rafe offers that up no problem.
Rafe tries to distance, but can't help thinking of the beautiful woman outside in a tent. He isn't far when he hears her scream and goes running. Lets just say she invites him in, and they make the most of the tent experience. They make the most of their night together and it turns into a lifetime.
Sometimes a story lead can hit gold and reach you the love of your life! Great HEA.
Larsen up to her antics of posting the lumberjacks on social media brought out many eligible women to try to catch his eye. Sahara a freelance writer came to write a story. Finding a lot of the women at the bar in the lodge and at a campground that was not even close to Rafe. She did research and found he was up the mountain. She staked out his place and surroundings and pitched a tent next door. Rafe saw the tent and removed it saying she was trespassing but she pointed out this land belonged to someone else. So he helped set the tent back up but was intrigued with her as she was with him. Sparks flying when they brushed fingers. Sahara who wants to be an artist lies to Rafe about her career. Will he be able to forgive her?.
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Even though it wasn’t something he sought out Rafe became a social media star when a picture of him chopping wood created a frenzy of woman visiting Seduction Summit to meet him. He prefers to stay to himself however when Sahara sets up camp on his land he soon realizes he doesn’t want her to leave.
Sahara has come to Seduction Summit hoping to further her career as a reporter by interviewing the woman who are enchanted by Rafe. She has set up camp near his home, however once she meets him she realizes the reasons she has come to town could destroy the relationship building between them.
The banter between Rafe and Sahara is humorous and the romance is enchanting as they realize that even though the circumstances that brought them together aren’t ideal that doesn’t mean they aren’t perfect for each other.
Sahara has come to Seduction Summit to get a story about the internet lumberjack hottie and the young women coming to this mountain town. The lodge bar has all 8 barstools occupied by young ladies. Maybe a story about the reasons for the ladies' visit? Sahara had put her tent up near where she thought that the lumberjack lived. Her tent was missing when she returned. A man stood on his porch watching the beauty approach who he believes is trespassing. She believes that he is the lumberjack. Image his shock when he learned that his enemy had bought that area where the tent had been and has a building permit! Follow their interactions with each other. Will anything come of it? Will Sahara get her story? Will Rafe, the lumberjack get what he wants in the end?.
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Sahara is in Seduction Summit because of social media highlighting a man they've dubbed as Hardwood Hottie. Women have flocked to Seduction Summit to catch a glimpse or maybe more.
Rafe is a mountain man just doing his thing. He's kept to himself and has managed to keep his flock of fans at bay. Then he meets Sahara. She sweeps him off his feet.
When he discovers she's there to write about him, he doesn’t know how to take in the fact that she stated she was an artist, but it turns out she wasn't. Will Sahara and Rafe get over their apprehension and see that they're meant for a HEA?
I did enjoy the epilogue!
I enjoyed this read 📚!
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Book 6 of the Seduction Summit Trails series has Rafe as the new internet sensation “Hardwood Hottie” and Sahara as the investigative journalist who has come searching for him. Rafe is annoyed at the publicity he is receiving and just wants to be left alone. When he finds Sahara camping on his land, he finds himself wanting her to stay but will he still feel the same when he discovers why she is there? A quick steamy insta-love read between an unlikely pair. An intense connection has the two falling for each other quickly but is there enough for an everlasting love? The epilogue finishes everything off sweetly. I love these short series from the author; they are a quick palate cleansing read that leaves you feeling satisfied.
Sahara came to Seduction Summit to see what all the hype was about on social media of the Hardwood Hottie. She was hoping to interview some of the ladies searching for him. Instead of getting interviews, she stumbles upon him. Unknowingly, she was camping next to his cabin. Rafe took her belongings while she was away and now she needs to talk to him about her stuff. As they start getting to know each other, instalove sparks. But she hasn’t been honest with him about why she is there. Will she tell him the true and what will his reaction be? Will this turn into a HEA? I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Okay, so "Ferocious Mountain Man," right? OMG, I devoured it! Lilah Hart totally nailed the whole strong, silent type thing. He’s rugged, she’s sassy, and the sparks? Girl, they were flying off the page. I loved how the story wasn't just a fluffy romance; it had real adventure and some serious heat. The mountain setting was super cool, and the way they finally connected was just… *swoon*. Definitely adding this one to my re-read pile for when I need a little escapism and a lot of steam! Five stars for sure!
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These two both come into the story with guards up. Rafer has been exploited and is clearly exasperated. He's a loner and really just wants his peace and quiet. Sahara is an investigative journalist who keeps others at arms length. She wants the low-down on the Gardwood Hottie. One Night has them both questioning their position on matters they believed closed. Rafe, in particular, struck me because I could relate to him on a personal level, which makes the story all the better. Can these two embrase who they want to be, rather than what they present to the world?
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Sahara came to town to track down the hottie from that wood chopping video
Rage was an internet sensation who didn't want to have women fawning all over him. He went to great lengths to go undisturbed by the hoard of horny females. Sahara used her investigative skills to track the real location of 'Hardwood Hottie' and set up her tent right next door. Rage decided to teach the stalker a lesson and dismantled her campsite. Thinking she'd been robbed Sahara confronted Rage and zap! The two felt real sparks and then he saved her from some woodland creature they acted on the attraction. Cute story
Ferocious Mountain Man is the sixth and last book in the Seduction Summit Trails series. Sahara is a freelance journalist who has come to Seduction Summit to write a story about the Hardwood Hottie and the women who are coming to town to find the viral shirtless, axe throwing lumberjack. Rafe works as a lumberjack but he has also become a viral sensation after having a video of him throwing an axe shirtless posted online. He may not be ready to have his true identity known but that will not stop him from having some fun with a beautiful trespasser that makes his insides burn white hot for her.
Mountain Man Romance. Sahara is a young woman who came to write an article about a mysterious lumberjack who went viral on social media after a video circulated online. Rafe is a mountain man living a quiet life until his best friend's wife posts a video of him chopping wood. While fleeing the orders of women who wanted to meet him after the video, he finds himself attracted to the only woman who didn't come to seduce him. Will Rafe and Sahara live a beautiful story where Sahara's secrets will separate them….
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I have been reading Mountain Man Romance for a while now and almost never does the title have anything to do with the story! This guy’s not particularly ferocious. He’s an accidental viral sensation as a wood chopping thirst trap. Cute story. And refreshing that they discuss birth control. Cat’s Stats MMC/FMC- Rafe and Sahara Heat- open door m explicit, virgin heroine. Series? Y Safety? Y Tropes- Thirst Traps, He’s a Lumberjack and He’s Okay, Instalove, Journalist.
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Book 6 and the final story on this series. One by one these feisty, independent women find the love of their lives. Sahara is staking out in the town to write a story on the Hardwood Hottie. She’ll not the only one to travel to Seduction Summit after the video of Rafe chopping wood went viral. But, she is the only one that found where he really lives and camped out in the woods next to his cabin. Another great short, steamy read.
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Sahara has come to Seduction Summit to track down the Hardwood Hottie that went viral. She wants to interview the women that are after him. But she finds him first and camps out in his backyard. Rafe just wants to be left alone, live his life with his friends and go on with life. All this attention is draining him. So he fakes out the women that have come to the mountain and he is hiding out at an abandoned cabin instead of his own.
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This is Sahara and Rafe's story and starts with Sahara who is a journalist staked out near Rafes cabin to get a few photos. She plans to write a story about how women see a handsome man in a video on line and flock to his town get a chance to be with him. Rafe is getting tired of it all so while Sahara is gone he takes down her tent. Things change though when he firsts meets her and they talk. Could the spark they are feeling lead to something more?.
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She came to town to interview the women that are here to see the mountain man. But ends up meeting him instead. She tells him she is an influencer and is there to tell the story of how something is popular one week and the next something different. But then feelings become involved. She tells him the truth. Will he walk away or believe her? I enjoyed their story and characters.
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Sahara is in Seduction Summit to find the "Hardwood Hottie". Rafe is a reformed bad boy just trying to live a simple life on the mountain. Tropes: Novella, small town, virgin, only one bed, protective alpha hero, military veteran, internet viral fame.
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When a writer decides to do a story on the hot mountain man trending on social media, she finds herself becoming a part of it. This is Rafe and Sahara's story and has everything you would expect from Seduction Summit, as well as bringing together all the couples in this series. A beautiful, short and spicy book that brings the Seduction Summit Trails series to an end. I can't wait to see what Lilah creates next.