Dear Reader,

I am so happy to introduce you to Make Me Stay, the first novel in the Men of Gold Mountain Series and my first book to come out with Entangled Brazen. This story is especially close to my heart. It combines a place I love, the Pacific Northwest, with one of my favorite sports, skiing. It celebrates family, commitment, and what it means to do what’s right—even, or especially, when what’s right involves hard choices and compromise.

I grew up in Massachusetts. Every winter, I was lucky to spend my school vacations skiing with my family, just as Sam does. (Although the similarities end there. My family doesn’t own a billion-dollar company. Alas.) I still ski with my dad, and it’s something I look forward to every year.

One time, my dad and I were at Mt. Sunapee in New Hampshire and noticed the most graceful skier either of us had ever seen. Rather than carrying poles, as skiers normally do, he was lifting his arms as though flying. We realized he was coaching a high school girl’s racing team and we followed them for a few runs. I had raced for a year and a half in high school, until an injury sidelined me. This coach made being on the team look a lot more fun than I remembered!

Years later, that moment became the kernel for Make Me Stay. Sam sees Austin leading his team down the slopes and can’t turn away from him. She can’t turn away even when it means risking everything that’s important to her: her career, her company, her father’s legacy.

The setting of Gold Mountain is based on a hiking trip my husband and I took to the tiny town of Glacier, WA. Wow, is it beautiful there! I knew I had to set my ski novel in the Cascades, and that one book wouldn’t be enough. That’s when the Men of Gold Mountain series was born: four books to follow four friends through the seasons. I’m excited to introduce you to Austin and Sam and to the home they make together in Gold Mountain, WA. Though this is the winter novel, you won’t have to bundle up with chemistry this hot!

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With love,

Rebecca