Charmane

When my transmission dies, I'm forced to do the one thing I swore I'd never do:
Ask Blaine Stark for a favor.
With a massive snowstorm on the way, it's my last chance to make a trip up the mountain to bring my dear friend supplies until spring.
It's just a quick trip.
Except the storm comes early, trapping us.
Forcing us to share a cabin with one bed.
Making it impossible to fight my attraction to the one man I've sworn off.
So I strike a deal.

Blaine

I've been stuck on Charmane since the first night I saw her.
Only I was an idiot and went about things all wrong.
What I felt for her the instant I saw her scared me.
I tried to cling to my playboy ways, but I couldn't escape the truth.
Charmane is the only woman I want?ever again.
I'd do anything for her, including giving her a ride in a dangerous storm.
But if she thinks what happens during our time stranded together will be nothing more than a secret fling, she's got things very wrong.
She's mine.
The one I always secretly hoped to find but never believed I would.
I'll do whatever it takes to prove to her that she's the only one for me.

We all made a pact. We've survived basic together, shared duty stations, and gone to war together. But the needs of the Army have separated us multiple times. That's why we agreed that when each of us got out, we'd settle down in the same mountainside town of Three Rivers. It was a favorite place to get away on holiday weekends when we were stationed together in Alaska, and as veterans now, we can't imagine anywhere better. A place filled with fresh mountain air, friendly people who are there when you need them but happy to keep to themselves when you don't, and unexpected love none of us saw coming.

Sweet & steamy short story instalove romance with an older mountain man and younger curvy woman. NO cliffhangers. NO cheating. Guaranteed HEA.