Sterling Clay (mountain cover)

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When a single mom must decide between fight or flight this small-town silver fox might helps her see love is never worth running from. </strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>However one minute my world is set on fire literally. The next I am raising a six-year-old as a single mom without a clear path ahead of us. No place to live. No job. No money.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I'm returning to Sterling Falls to claim what's mine then there will be no looking back on this beloved small town a place I consider a handful of sand in the hourglass of my life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Then again Clay Sylver has shaken up that ancient time clock. The silver fox in his forties is a bit cocky but solid in every way that matters. He loves his siblings. He works hard. He owns an honest business. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Honest</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> the emphasis here. He also suffers from damsel-in-distress syndrome with a savior complex for lost causes like stray animals and down-and-out women.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>And I have a secret crush on him.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When I see Clay stranded on the side of the road one dark stormy night I stop to offer assistance. Burning with fever Clay is sick and my mom-instinct kicks in to give him comfort. That decision throws me off course again. While my past lurks everywhere I find myself falling in love with Sterling Falls once more and falling harder for the man giving my son and me a safe haven.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Love is a risk according to Clay but he's slowly rescuing my heart while I'm saving his.</span></p><p></p>