Mountain Man Temptation

The Men Of Black Pine Woods #1

by Kelsie Calloway

Clementine Peterson thought she was coming home to start her life and open a business. She never expected to run into her older brother’s best friend and his new kid.

Ridge:
When a social worker shows up at my doorstep with a three-year-old who looks just like me, I know that my whole life is about to change. I never thought I’d have kids, but looking at Hadley makes my heart melt. Being a first time dad at twenty-five to a kid you’ve never met before is hard though. That’s why I need some help. Clementine might be my best friend’s little sister, but she’s the only one I can count on.

Temptation is a standalone short romance featuring the single dad and second chance romance tropes and more than its fair share of slow burn romance.

Transport yourself to Copper Cross, a small town nestled in the heart of the Black Pine Woods. Full of rugged mountain men, bears, and plenty of logs to chop, The Men of Black Pine Woods are on the prowl for romance.

Happily ever after guaranteed! ♥

Genres: Contemporary, Second Chance

72 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 27, 2021

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Swoony and sweet

Upbeat short fiction featuring second chances, surprise fatherhood, semi-secret crush on brother's bestie, loving your bestie's sister, teen angst and grown up choices. All culminating in a HEA.

[Oriana Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clementine had a crush on her brothers best friend in high school... this fell apart when she left for college after a huge fight. Now they meet again and old feelings resurfaced , but now Ridge finds out an ex had his child. Will this drive them apart or will they overcome this?? A sweet and romantic and kind of bittersweet story with a sweet HEA.👍👍

[Coco.V]

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[Anna M_82 · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot to unpack in this sweet and steamy story about Ridge and Clementine. Ridge is her brother’s best friend and she’s had a crush on him forever. When they get in a huge fight before she leaves for college, everything between them falls apart. Ridge should call and apologize but let the time and distance keep them separated.

Clementine comes back home at the same time Ridge discovers that he has a child with an ex girlfriend. He has no idea what to do but luckily Clementine is there to help him figure things out. This helps them to get close again, but are old feelings gone forever or destined to resurface? Did Ridge ever have feelings for Clem that went deeper than friendship? Read their story and find out what happens.

I received a copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Mindy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a pretty good story. I like the second-chance romance, single dad, best friend's little sister type of stories. This is a good basis, but it's lacking a bit. The first half of the book is great. Everything is great through the part of the book when they have their first dinner with Hadley. After that point it feels a bit rushed. I think the story could use a bit of filling out, filling in the gaps and making the progression of their relationship more realistic. I like it but, considering the whole story takes place in less than a month, at the romance protion does, it just not enough to make it a great story. It's good, don't get me worng, but it could be better.

Having said all of that, the author still deserves props for what she wrote.

[Bill Jakobsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really good book

I loved the love story between Clementine, Ridge and eventually Hadley. The descriptions of her, her family and Ridge's life were explained very well. You understand what Clementine and her brother went through losing their parents. Bridge's upbringing. Making them all who they are. Clementine and Ridge loved each other from a young age but a life experience she had angered him changing their lives. She goes away to college and returns after graduation. She finds Ridge was given custody of a daughter, he never knew about. Read how life changes for all of them. It's a good book and I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Written by Cindy :)

[CJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author has given us a wonderful story that pulls us into the lives of Clementine, Ridge and his daughter, Hadley. Clementine and Ridge have loved each other when they were younger but the age difference kept them apart. Now as adults, they are thrown back together when Ridge learns that he has a daughter he knew nothing about. Will this be their second chance at a relationship?

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[victoria.bookreads · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was cute, but it definitely fell flat overall. The couple was cute, but I really didn’t feel much chemistry between them. There was little to no banter and I just didn’t really care if they got together honestly. This wasn’t bad, but I think it should’ve been longer. It was too short for anything to feel genuine.

[Kirsten Grenoble · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was looking for something short and steamy because I’ve been reading a lot of longer books. This was short. Not see steamy. There was no character development even though it was short you can still get some depth. The resolution was lame. There was one sex scene. That was barely a sex scene. Just not worth the time. I got it in a stuff your Kindle day and deleted it.

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so good. I loved reading about Ridge and Clementine - they were amazing characters and their story was just so good. So glad I was able to be a part of their journey.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Joanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Temptation

Ridge has been best friends with Clementine's brother forever. She comes home from college the same day a social worker drops off his daughter that he didn't know he had. Cute short story.

[Rachael · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a decent little novella. It felt like it was lacking some substance and because it was a novella things happened at the speed of light. There were some pretty big things that felt glossed over.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ridge & Clementine

Short and sweet. The beginning was rather unexpected for me but I think it was necessary to explain the distance between Ridge and Clementine for so long. Their story wound up being very sweet and when they got together they were very hot together!

[Vickie Chaisson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick enticing read!

This is an instalove romance that has been in the making for years. Good storyline, one of my favorite tropes best friends's little sister with all the angst that goes with it. These characters were well written and the HEA wasnt too rushed.

[Dannielle]

4

[Elaina · Rating 2 out of 5]

errors & short

There are a few times the author mixed Ridge & Hayden’s names. The story just feels incomplete it ended in what could be a happy for now?

[Nikki Irwin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not for me

[Hayley Bryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alright book,not enough storyline

Alright book just not enough storyline. Author messes up Ridge and Hayden's name a few times which was kind of weird and disappointing.

[Kait · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not terrible but not amazing. VERY fast paced.

[Sierra loves Reading · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book had many errors that made things confusing. They kept messing up the brother and the love interests names. I kept thinking she was in love with her brother.

[Delilah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short but sweet!

[Jasmine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Slut shaming 😓

[Andrea Fernandez · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet, steamy and addictive little romance. I enjoyed going on this fast paced journey with Ridge and Clementine.

[Meaghan Sheehan · Rating 3 out of 5]

fast read

Was a good fast read but I did notice the names were messed up twice in the book but overall a good short story might even be better if it was longer

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

Loved it.

[Cassie · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a little shorter than I would have liked but the PERFECT palette cleanser I needed. It was an easy read and quick, too.

[Terre J · Rating 1 out of 5]

Got this for free, not really much of a story or book.