Kindling

A cosy autumnal retreat in the Scottish Highlands is the perfect escape for city girl, Harper... Until she is stranded in the forest with nowhere to stay.

Fraser, a gruff local woodcutter, reluctantly offers her his lumberjack's cabin on one condition - she mustn't distract him from his duties.

But Fraser is finding his beautiful guest annoyingly hard to ignore. And the way he chops firewood - dogged, powerful and precise - is distracting Harper too. Soon, as the flame-red leaves fall overhead, Harper and Fraser are both forced to wonder: Am I falling faster?

This cute, spicy autumnal romance features a HEA ending with BookTok's hottest lumberjack love interest.

Tropes:

- grumpy x sunshine

- forced proximity

- fish out of water

- opposites attract

- rural setting

Pub Date: August 19, 2025

Bonnie Woods is a Kindle-bestselling author, ghost writer, freelance writer and editor, from and based in Manchester. She started off writing fanfiction before graduating to seasonal, inclusive romance novels. As Rachel Bowdler, she has written Honeymoon for One and Summer at the Scottish Castle (Embla).