The Realist: A Contemporary Love Story

Better alone than in bad company.

That’s Clarissa Sullivan’s new philosophy. No more bad relationships. No more dead-end jobs. No more depending on anyone for anything. The rustic mountain cabin in the middle of nowhere is the perfect place to start over and simplify.

Adopting a mongrel stray is not part of the plan. Neither is guarding her heart against her sexy, survivalist neighbor.

Ex-marine Travis Maxwell is totally onboard with that. He sought out the seclusion of the mountains to get away from betraying fiancés and back-stabbing best friends. The last thing he needs – or wants – is to get close to anyone ever again.

Worrying about his prickly, sexy little neighbor is not part of the plan. And any kind of relationship is definitely out of the question.

But in the unforgiving wilderness, it just makes sense to have each other’s back, right?