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Kestrel Vance has spent fifty-five years guiding climbers through the icy peaks of Laurel Bend in West Virginia’s Appalachian Blue Ridge. Haunted by her grandfather’s disappearance in 1974 and the long-standing feud with the Thorne clan, she has always chosen the mountain over personal ties—until a distress signal pulls her back to the remote summit where she once shared a stolen passion with a lost lover.
Bane Thorne returns from the Rockies with the specialized gear needed for the rescue. The two former flames must navigate clashing routes, buried confessions, and a storm-trapped ledge while an avalanche of old wounds threatens to bury them. Their forced proximity reignites the twin-flame connection they abandoned in 1995, forcing each to confront why one left and why the other stayed.
A shocking discovery on the peak links their grandfathers’ legacies and reveals the stranded hiker as a young Thorne descendant. As avalanches, whiteouts, and injury test their skills, Kestrel and Bane must forge trust or lose the victim, their families’ futures, and the second chance at a love that could finally end the Peak Feud.
Together they establish a joint Vance-Thorne Mountain School, blaze the Echo Trail, and marry on the summit where their story began. Their union transforms rivals into anchors, bringing harmony to the hollers and proving that even the highest peaks can shelter a lasting redemption.
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