Saved by the Lumberjack (Bitterroot Ridge Search and Rescue)

Elaine Markham knows the rules of the mountain resort she manages—no cars, no shortcuts, and definitely no mistakes during shoulder season. So when a routine cabin check goes wrong and she slips into a swollen spring river, clinging to a floating dock with no way out, she knows help is a long way off.

Jack Myers wasn’t planning on playing hero. He’s just the quiet guy who delivers firewood to the cabins, lives alone at the far edge of the property, and prefers chopping wood to talking to people. When he stops his ATV to ask why someone’s blocking the trail—and hears Elaine screaming instead—instinct takes over.

He pulls her from the river, gets her warm, and insists on calling it in, even when she swears she’s fine. With access roads washed out and no need for a rescue airlift, Elaine finds herself stranded in Jack’s lakeside cabin with the one man who knows the land better than anyone…and doesn’t seem to mind the unexpected company.

What starts as a near disaster turns into something neither of them planned. Because being saved by a lumberjack with strong hands, steady judgment, and secrets of his own might just be the thing that changes everything.

Short, steamy, and guaranteed to leave you smiling, Saved by the Lumberjack is a playful mountain romance featuring forced proximity, a capable hero, and the rescue that brings two people together when they least expect it.