My name is Sage Thompson.
I drove north until my Jeep died in a Montana blizzard with nothing left but a stuffed bear, an unread college acceptance letter, and my dead mother’s last words echoing in my head.
Just get in there. Let someone help you.
I walked into the only diner with lights on. I had no money. No plan. Nothing left to offer except the only currency I’d ever been taught I had.
And then I saw him.
Corner booth. Impossibly large. Salt-and-pepper beard. Hands that could break me without effort — resting open on the table, asking for nothing.
He called me his friend before he knew my name.
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Blackthorn Ridge is a slow-burn found-family romance about two broken people who decided love wasn’t for them — and the devastating proof that they were wrong.
Contemporary romance – Dark themes – Slow burn – Age gap – Spice 4