Survivor's Guide To Lonely Nights: A Small-Town, Slow-Burn Mountain Man Romance

By Isla Goodnight

A disgraced journalist escapes to a remote mountain cabin to outrun the story that destroyed her career.
Her only neighbor is a reclusive search-and-rescue pilot who doesn't let anyone get close.
When she gets lost on the mountain, he's the one who finds her...and the one she can't escape

Claire Donovan built her career on the truth, until one story took everything from her.

Wrongfully accused of fabricating a source and publicly torn apart, the award-winning journalist retreats to her late father's crumbling cabin in the mountains, determined to survive the fallout and rebuild something of her own.

She doesn't expect Eli Mercer.

A former search-and-rescue pilot, Eli lives alone on the ridge with his dog, Snitch, and the ghosts of a mission he couldn't save. He keeps his world controlled, distant, and quiet...until Claire arrives next door, stubborn, out of her depth, and impossible to ignore.

When she gets lost on the mountain, he brings her home.
When her cabin starts to fall apart, he helps her rebuild it.

And somewhere between long days of work, shared silence, and nights neither of them planned for, something deeper begins to take hold.

But Claire's past isn't finished with her.

The Survivor's Guide to Lonely Nights is a small-town slow-burn romance featuring:

A reclusive, competent mountain man hero
A strong, wounded heroine rebuilding her life
Neighbors-to-lovers & forced proximity
Emotional, character-driven romance
Quiet intensity and deep connection
A hard-earned, deeply satisfying happily ever after

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWRPM4P9
• ISBN13: 9798255821013
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"