Forbidden Hero: a Western Small Town Romance

By: Eden Sinclair

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Mayor meets mountain rescuer in this steamy enemies-to-lovers romance that sizzles hotter than a campfire under the stars. When Violet Harlow cuts funding for Pine Vale's Search and Rescue team to fix the town's crumbling infrastructure, she clashes with ruggedly handsome SAR Coordinator Dominic Walsh at every turn. Their professional standoff hides an inconvenient truth—they can't keep their hands off each other. But when a blizzard threatens everything they care about, secrets from Violet's past could turn their forbidden attraction into something deeper than either was prepared for.

DOMINIC

I live for the mountains and saving people who get lost in them. As Pine Vale's SAR Coordinator, every rescue is personal to me—until our new mayor decides my team's budget is better spent elsewhere. I should hate Violet Harlow with her power suits and practical solutions. I definitely shouldn't notice how her eyes light up when she argues with me or how her lips part when I stand too close.

The problem is I can't stop thinking about her. Every heated argument leaves me wanting to push her against the nearest wall and find out if she tastes as fiery as she talks. But crossing that line could cost me everything I've built—my team, my reputation, and the lives that depend on us when the mountains show their dangerous side.

VIOLET

Being mayor was supposed to be about making tough decisions to protect Pine Vale's future. Cutting the SAR budget was the right call for the greater good—no matter how much Dominic's disapproving glare makes my stomach flip. What nobody knows is that I have my own painful history with mountain rescues—one that still haunts my nightmares.

He thinks I'm just a bureaucrat with a spreadsheet, but every time Dominic's strong hands accidentally brush mine during our arguments, my body betrays every logical thought in my head. Now we're trapped in a crisis that forces us to work together, and I'm terrified he'll discover both my secrets—my past trauma and just how desperately I want the one man I'm forbidden to have.