Axe-ing For Trouble: A Protector Lumberjack Romance (Maine Lumberjacks Book 5)

A woman on the run, injured and desperate, returns to Jude Hebert—a lumberjack and her former one-night stand—as her only option for safety. Hiding together in his remote Maine cabin, they pass time playing Scrabble and sharing moments of connection. Jude tends to her wounds with care, plays guitar for her, and insists she take his bed each night. As he becomes her protector and confidant, she begins to imagine a different future. Their growing closeness intensifies as danger closes in. The threat she has been fleeing draws nearer, and the answers she seeks come within reach—but so does the risk of destruction. Set in the Maine wilderness, their story explores unexpected love and the protective devotion of a determined lumberjack helping a woman find her way home. This is the fifth book in the Maine Lumberjacks series and can be read as a standalone. It features forced proximity, protective romance, and found family elements.