Rough Hands on the Prairie

After a breakup and a breakdown, June strips down and slips into an alpine lake, hoping to rinse off the mess of her life. Instead, she surfaces in a world that isn’t hers—a world without phones, without rules… and with a man who looks like he walked straight out of a fever dream.

Elias is all grit and growl, with hands built for work and a body made for sin. He lives by the land, trusts no one, and sure as hell doesn’t know what to do with a naked woman who just fell into his life—swearing, shivering, and too soft for this world.

She’s modern. He’s original.
And when survival forces them to share a cabin—and a bed—their connection burns hot and fast, all instinct and no apologies.

But this isn’t just a fling in the forest.
Because the past has teeth.
And love like this carves its mark deep.