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Beneath the Mountain Sky
by Gwyn McNameeSeries: McBride Brother Lumberjacks #1
Published by Self-Published on August 28, 2025
SubGenres: Contemporary Romance
Format: eArc
Pages: 393
Source: the author
Audience: 18+/Adult
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There’s only one thing more beautiful than McBride Mountain…And she left it a year ago—taking my heart with her.Everyone says I’m a volatile and reclusive grump.They’re not wrong.There isn’t any reason to be otherwise.Until the day I find her in the river…Bruised. Broken. Near death.With zero memory of where she’s been for the past twelve months.This mystery surrounding the time Willow’s been gone draws my brothers and me into a maelstrom of secrets, lies, and uncertainties.And having her back in my cabin and life brings a landslide of emotions.The McBride brothers have always been good with an axe and willing to help anyone on the mountain…Yet when the love of my life is the one suffering, I’ve never felt more helpless.This could be our second chance, but only if I can protect her from the past she can’t remember.
Beneath the Mountain Sky is the first book steamy, angsty contemporary mountain man romance in the McBride Brother Lumberjacks Series about a reclusive lumberjack, a second chance with the love of his life, and a mystery that will send them into the deepest, darkest parts of the mountain and make them face all their demons to find their happily ever after beneath the mountain sky.❤️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞
🪓 Mountain Man/Lumberjack
🏡 Small town
🩵 Second chance
😎 Grumpy/Sunshine
🔥 Protective Hero
☠️ Touch Her and Die Vibes
🖤 Hurt/comfort
🩵 Traumatized Heroine
🖤 Amnesia
🩵 Forced Proximity
🖤 Found family
🩵 Mystery & Suspense
🌶️🌶️🌶️ Spicy
😭 Angsty
I was excited to find out that Gwyn McNamee was going to be writing another Lumberjack series because I enjoyed her Lumberjack in Love series. The first book in her McBride Lumberjack Brothers series, Beneath the Mountain Sky, didn’t disappoint. Gwyn McNamee hooked me from chapter one, especially with the mystery surrounding what happened to the FMC, Willow.
Killian, the MMC, knows he messed up a year ago by saying something hurtful to Willow, causing her to run away. He regrets losing her and is stunned to unexpectedly find her while out with his brothers. She’s not only hurt but has amnesia and doesn’t remember what happened to her. Determined to uncover the truth, he also needs to tread carefully because bringing up what he said a year ago might mean losing her again.
I love Killian’s type in romance books. He’s a grumpy alpha, but his love for Willow and desire to make up for lost time are clear. He refuses to let Willow out of his sight and is determined to find out who hurt her; they’ll answer to him once he does. Did I mention he’s very overprotective?
Willow is a strong, determined heroine who wants to figure out what happened to her over the last year and with Killian. I completely understood why she was upset with him and would have reacted the same way once it was revealed what he said to her. She’s truly a fighter; I loved reading her character and seeing her determination to find the truth. She also showed Killian she hadn’t stopped loving him, even after what he said.
The story is full of mystery and suspense as the truth about Willow’s missing year unfolds. I suspected what might have happened, but the twist toward the end surprised me. Gwyn McNamee delivered an emotional book, and I rooted for the characters to receive closure and their well-deserved HEA. Gwyn McNamee truly knows how to write an unforgettable Lumberjack Romance.
Oh, the steamy scenes between the characters, let’s just say Killian is all about making up for loss time and also caring for Willow first. 😉
This was a great start to the new series, and I loved the main couple. I also enjoyed getting to know the other McBride brothers and secondary characters, and I look forward to Conner and Liam’s books. Overall, another great book by Gwyn McNamee. I give it four stars.
Single/Dual POV: Dual POV
Would I recommend this book? Yes, especially if you like Lumberjack Romances with a grumpy, protective MMC determined to protect the love of his life. Check out this book by Gwyn McNamee, and her Lumberjack In Love series, if you haven’t already!
What to Expect:
🪓Small Town Romance
🪓Lumberjack/Mountain Man Romance
🪓Second Chance
🪓Grumpy/Sunshine
🪓Hurt/Comfort
🪓Amnesia
🪓Forced Proximity
🪓Found Family
About Gwyn McNamee
USA Today Best Selling author Gwyn McNamee is an attorney, wife, and mother. Originally from the Midwest, Gwyn relocated to her husband’s home town of Las Vegas in 2015 and is enjoying her respite from the cold and snow. Gwyn has been writing down her crazy stories and ideas for years and finally decided to share them with the world. She loves to write stories with a bit of suspense and action mingled with romance and heat.
When she isn’t either writing or voraciously devouring any books she can get her hands on, Gwyn is busy adding to her tattoo collection, golfing, and stirring up trouble with her perfect mix of sweetness and sarcasm (usually while wearing heels).
Gwyn’s debut novel, Savage Collision, the first book in The Hawke Family Series, was a 2017 Romance Writers of America Passionate Plumes Contest Finalist for excellence in contemporary steamy romance.
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