Mountain Man Gray

Ashwood Construction Mountain Man #2

by Elli Marsh

"This story is so sweet, and tender, with some good humor, and steaminess. I absolutely love Gray. He is definitely a great character, so honest and down-to-earth. The storyline is beautiful, and the ending is awesome." -ARC review

Welcome to Ashwood, New Hampshire, where your true self and the man who brings her out of you are a match made in the mountains.

Gray
They all left.
Maybe I should have too but I love it here in Ashwood, New Hampshire.
Being a man of the mountains has become a lonely, solitary lifestyle, yet I can’t leave.
Someday Camden will return, and this is where she’ll find me.
I can't let the girl she was or the woman she’s become slip away again.
When she's ready, I'll be here waiting.

Cami
I’m not the Camden he remembers.
The real world chews up and spits out sweet, innocent, girls next door like me.
But I miss the girl I was almost as much as I miss Ashwood.
Almost as much as I miss my high school sweetheart, Gray.
When the never ending spiral that’s become my life brings me close to home, I can’t resist.
It’s time to kiss my old life goodbye, but will one kiss be enough?

🔥 Spicy 🌶️ 🌶️1/2
💞 Second Chance with High School Sweetheart
❤️“It’s Always Been You”
🐶Golden Retriever Mountain Man Virgin
⏳Curvy Virgin Gets Her Man
🫶 Finding Yourself, Together
💙Found Family
🔧Blue Collar
🏔️ Small Mountain Town

Mountain Man Gray is a steamy, double virgin, second chance with your first love mountain man/curvy girl novella with a guaranteed HEA intended to be devoured in an hour. Best enjoyed with your feet in a stream and a Bigfoot chicken salad sub in your belly.

Each book in the series can be read as a standalone but once you pop, you can’t stop. More Ashwood Construction Mountain Men are waiting to make your wildest fantasies come true.

40 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 23, 2025

About the author

🥰Husband and wife romance author duo

New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut)

💚 We fell in love in the mountains 🏔️ and feel called to them like a fat kid to cake 🎂

🐱 Cat parents to the most spoiled fluffy flufferkin, Simon

Chronically don't keep up with pop culture and will have more questions than it's even worth explaining 😂

💜 She's happiest when she don't have to leave the house or wear real pants (it's possible she doesn't own real pants)

💙 Spends most of his time chasing waterfalls (please disregard what TLC told you in the mid-90s, where he conveniently still thinks he lives)

Pet parents/vending machine to outdoor chipmunks, squirrels, groundhogs, skunks, possums, and sometimes racoons (and all the birdies) 🐦 🕊️

Reviews

[Curvy Girl Book Nerd (Jen S) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mountain Man Gray is Book 2 of the Ashwood Construction Mountain Men series. It's a short and steamy, instalove, OTT, mutual pining, double virgin, curvy girl gets her first love, second-chance romance. Grayson "Gray" and Camden "Cami" are 20 year old virgins who dated in high school until Camden's family moved away at 17. Now she has come to see Grayson, hoping for some closure, among other things, only to realize she hasn't felt like herself since she left. Being together with him is everything, and both don't want to lose each other again. This was such a sweet story with hot chemistry and a happy ending. I loved it and can't wait for the next book in the series!

[Rosanne Medill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two souls made for each other is what you'll get with this fantastic ebook written by this extremely talented author. Gray is keeping busy with his job and side business but he is still missing her from long ago. Camden comes to see her HS sweetheart she had to leave so long ago. When they see each other it's like an explosion of feelings. Both Gray and Camden all grown up and their chemistry is even hotter. Will Gray and Camden finally find the way back to each other and stay together for a lifetime? Can Camden leave college behind and build a future together with Gray and can she leave her heart behind with Gray and go back to school? Does Gray decide that no matter what he and Camden were meant to be together always and does he let her leave? I absolutely recommend you get this fiery hot exciting 5 ⭐️ hit. You'll love it. I sure did.

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[Morally_Gray_Nola · Rating 5 out of 5]

These Mountain Man books are so good for cleansing after an intense novel. They are so romantically sweet—this one more so than most. Gray and Cami still love each other after all this time apart, and have saved theirselves for each other. Destined to be together. It seems they’re the only ones that need to figure this out …

*** Recommended ***

MMC:
* Gray
FMC:
* Cami
HEA/Cliffhanger:
* HEA
Series:
* Book 2 Ashwood Construction Mountain Man series
Epilogue:
* Yes
Tropes:
* Second Chance Romance
* High School Sweethearts
* First Love
* Double Virgins
* Found Family
* MF
Triggers:
* 18+
* Sex
Burn Speed:
* Slow
Spice Level:
* 🌶️🌶️ 1/2.

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[Deb · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is Grayson and Camden's story and I found it very enjoyable. Grayson and Camden were high school sweethearts but Camden is forced to move when her parents do. Both never really got over each other however or had any closure so when Camden gets a chance to go back to Ashwood she hopes to get that closure. When they meet up however they both realize how much they missed each other. But can they make it work with her going to school so far away? Check out this second chance, feel good story. You won't regret it.

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[LA FITCH · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great Ashwood story. Gray has loved Camden since they were teens but her parents left Ashwood for another town leaving them both heartbroken. Three years later Camden returns for a holiday with her sorority sisters and sneaks off to see if Gray is still single. Gray has just returned from fetching a lot off the mountain and sees a car pulling into his drive. As it is midnight he thinks it is his father but when he sees Camden they can't stop hugging each other. This book should not be missed in the Ashwood/Fox Valley series.

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[Teri Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

He chose to live in his town and he loves it. An old flame comes back into his life. They were very fond of each other before she moved. They kept in contact for a while but eventually stopped. She seems lost and is unsure of her future.

They know they were meant for each other. The banter is so sweet and funny. It’s true that you can go home. He was as sweet and caring as he could be. True love prevails in this novella and I’m glad I was there for it. I would definitely recommend this quick read.

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[Angi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gray has never moved forward from when the girl he loved moved away from Ashwood. When he finds her in his driveway everything changes. This a cute book about first loves, growing up and coming home. Gray and Camden are one of those meant to be couples who find their way back to each other. What they have to figure out is the distance between them and the future when their night is over and the real world is calling . This sweet story of Gray and Camden will steal your heart.

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[Chandra Luna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Camden left the mountain with her family after her junior year of high school. She didn't want to leave the place or the man she loved, Gray, but her father had a new job and she didn't have a say. Now she's back after a few years and she wants to get closure on the relationship that still takes up too much time in her head. Thankfully Gray never stopped loving her either and it doesn't take much to reignite that spark.

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[Kris · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had mixed feelings, not quite sure if I like Camden (or Cami). She was written as quite shallow and self-centred in the beginning and I couldn’t care less about a HEA for her.
Thankfully, that changed.
Gray is sooo dreamy - he’s completely gone for her. I’m glad that she resolved her issues, and Gray got his HEA.

A very quick read, with some funny side characters, I enjoyed it.

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[Ineta · Rating 5 out of 5]

10/5 Gray lives alone in the woods. Still thinking of Camden who left 3 years ago. Guarding this place as a lighthouse for her all these years. Because she is worth the wait.
Wonderful characters and amazingly sweet love story. Enjoyed it so much. SO well written, so tender and passionate. Their fate is to be together because they are perfect for each other.

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[laura.lovesreading · Rating 5 out of 5]

God this book was such a treat.

A so lovable pair, who finally find their happy ever after.

This story is sweet, spicy and full of belonging, second chance, fate, true love and first times.

And Gray (love his name) has my heart, he is so sweet, caring and just perfection.

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[Callie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gray is a mountain man who loves his home in the woods. He has a hobby that he loves using fallen trees and making them into beautiful furniture to sell.
Great story, characters and timing. Absolutely worth reading this book and the series as well.

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[Joyce · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is so sweet, and tender, with some good humor, and steaminess. I absolutely love Gray. He is definitely a great character, so honest and down-to-earth.
The storyline is beautiful, and the ending is awesome.

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[Tracey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gray and Camden. It was a second chance romance. If you need a palet cleanser between reads, this is the book for you.

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[Zondra.Hallyahoo.Com · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it.