<p><b>This spicy, age-gap cowboy romance is the second book in the CRIMSON RIDGE series by internationally bestselling author Elliott Rose.</b><br> <br> ---<br> <br> <b>I'm not supposed to feel this way...</b><br> <br> To my family, I'm only useful for one thing: my surname. I'm Briar Lane. My father's chess piece. A pawn to be traded.<br> <br> But all it took was a dirty secret stuffed in a jacket pocket to unravel my world and send me running to the one place I knew they would never find me: Crimson Ridge.<br> <br> I thought I'd be starting over alone. I never expected to find my father's adopted brother, the ex-pro bull rider who consumes my space, and now, my every thought with it... Stôrmand Lane.<br> <br> All it took was one misunderstanding to change everything.<br> <br> I'm not supposed to know what those tattooed hands feel like, to feel butterflies anytime that pair of piercing blue eyes meet mine.<br> <br> He might be my every fantasy, but he's a temptation I have to ignore. Long nights spent in this tiny cabin can't be the excuse to step into forbidden territory.<br> <br> Or can they?<br> <br> <br> <i>From international bestselling author Elliott Rose comes Braving the Storm, an interconnected standalone in the Crimson Ridge forbidden love series. Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website</i><br> <br> ---<br> <br> <b>Readers LOVE Braving The Storm:<br></b><br> 'Loved the book. Briar and storm were great and I enjoyed everything about them' <b>***** Reader Review</b><br> <br> 'The chemistry is undeniable between the MMC and the FMC . I feel like I need to hop into an ice bath after reading it' <b>***** Reader Review</b><br> <br> 'Everything from the characters, to the story to the TENSION! It has officially become one of my favourite books' <b>***** Reader Review</b><br> <br> '5 stars isn't enough stars for this' <b>***** Reader Review</b><br> <br> 'A deliciously forbidden romance but with depth and development for the characters' <b>***** Reader Review</b></p>