REVIEW: The Silent Mountain Man by Casey Cox (Movin' Mountains #1)

- November 29, 2023

THE SILENT MOUNTAIN MAN

Movin’ to the Mountains - Book One

by Casey Cox

Release Date: November 29, 2023

Review

I quite liked this novella about two men reconnecting after years of having disappeared from each other's lives. And my enjoyment had nothing to do with dreaming about finding my very own mountain man with flannel and gorgeous hair. I swear.

It’s a novella so things move quickly, but you still get a look at when they first met and fell in love while keeping some mysteries for us to find out later in the story. They definitely had big reasons why they didn’t keep in touch.

Harrick is a fantastic bloke, who had retreated into himself, and I loved how HIS Eddie brought him back to his old self. I’m always a sucker for pinning and second chances so this fit me perfectly. I also love the idea of passing notes or letters, it’s so sweet. The things these two have been through…they deserve all the sweetness.

I hadn’t read the blurbs (because it was Casey Cox and I was going to read it regardless!) but I’m even more excited for the other two books now.

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Synopsis

Nearly getting killed in a mudslide only reminds me why I hate the mountains. I'm uninjured, but my car is wrecked, there’s no way I can get into town, and of course there's no reception here.

I'm screwed.

Maybe it's karma for putting this trip off. I haven't been able to bring myself to visit since Pa's funeral.

And then there are the painful memories that still haunt me of my first love…and first heartbreak.

The summer I turned eighteen, I exchanged letters with a free-spirited, long-haired boy who lived down the road from my father. We hung out all day and wrote each other romantic letters all night. It was the best time of my life.

But now they're both gone, and I'm all alone.

Literally. This mountain feels deserted. Like I'm the only living soul on it.

And then, just as I'm about to give up all hope, a pickup truck pulls up. A man steps out.

Not just any man, though… Pure. Mountain man. Perfection.

Big muscles, a thick beard just begging to be touched, and an intense stare that's making me rethink my dislike of the mountains.

Harrick offers me a place to stay, and despite being a total stranger, there's something familiar about him that makes me feel like I can trust him. Also, what other choice have I got?

He takes me back to his cabin. Turns out, he's not much of a talker. I can work with that.

We hook up. I can definitely work with that.

I almost forget that I'm here to sell my father's house and finally move on from the guy who left me brokenhearted all those years ago.

And then I find a letter in Harrick's house—one of the letters I wrote all those years ago — and everything changes.