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Bigger Than the Mountain Sky
by Gwyn McNameeSeries: McBride Brother Lumberjacks #3
Published by Self-Published on June 25, 2026
SubGenres: Contemporary Romance
Format: eArc
Pages: 332
Source: the author
Audience: 18+/Adult
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Raven Perry has always been a thorn in my side.Her gossip articles about the mountain and the McBrides have only driven the barb deeper. But after the recent events that have left me reeling, she’s become so much more than that…The bane of my existence.That relentlessness which makes her such a good reporter also makes it impossible to escape her.Infuriating when all I want—no, need—is to be left alone.I’m not fit to be around anyone right now.Especially not the woman who can ignite such a fiery response in me so easily.It’s best to let me disappear into the wilderness with my axe to work out all my anger, pain, and frustration.But Raven won’t let it go.Won’t let me go.And the more she pushes, the more something far different ignites inside me.A need to protect her from the danger she can’t help but walk right into…
Bigger Than the Mountain Sky is the final steamy, angsty contemporary enemies to lovers mountain man romance in the McBride Brother Lumberjacks Series about a grumpy, damaged, reclusive lumberjack and the woman who has always stoked the flames of his anger who may be the only one who can save him—if he can protect her from the danger she brings to the mountain.
Bigger Than the Mountain Sky is the final installment in Gwyn McNamee’s McBride Brother Lumberjacks, and this book will definitely put you through the wringer. It’s an enemies-to-lovers romance where grumpy lumberjack MMC Connor McBride wants to be left alone, but nosy Raven Perry, who has been a thorn in his side for years, won’t stop writing gossipy stories about him and his family. She goes too far when he learns she’s writing about the bad guys who targeted his family and were after Lucky in book two. He won’t let Raven put herself and his family at risk again, especially since he’s still dealing with the demons of what he did to protect Lucky and Liam. So he forces her to come with him to his secluded mountain, where he can keep an eye on her and protect her without anyone knowing. When they are forced together, they end up battling it out and reveal the truth of what happened when they were teenagers, and finally admit their true feelings for each other.
Connor will definitely be my favorite McBride brother after reading this book because he may be grumpy and reclusive, but he will protect his family no matter what and do anything for the woman he loves, even if she thought he hated her all this time. Raven took me a bit to like because I didn’t like that she was putting everyone in danger. Still, she showed strength by not giving up on her story because she wanted the truth. She also wasn’t going to give up on Connor, and he needed someone like her to help him through his demons. They just needed to work on their own issues too, and when they did, their chemistry was explosive.
This book definitely has some intense scenes, especially toward the end. There is also an emotional moment I wasn’t prepared for, which sets up the next series that Gwyn McNamee is planning. Yes, there will be more Small Town Romance stories in this town, this time with the Briggs brothers, whom readers will meet in this book, and here is one reader who can’t wait to learn more about them. If they are anything like the McBride brothers, I’m here for it.
Overall, another great installment, and I give it four stars. If there is one takeaway from this book, it is that Connor is not someone to mess with, especially when it comes to protecting people he loves. That ax of his is not a decoration. Every single one of the McBride brothers is protective and is not to be messed with, and the women they are with are strong like them, too, which is why I loved reading this trilogy.
Standalone or Part of Series: It’s part of the McBride Brother Lumberjacks trilogy, and I highly recommend reading these books in order.
POV: Dual POV (First Person)
Would I recommend this book/series? Yes. If you enjoy Small Town Romance with tense moments, mystery, suspense, and characters that are hard not to love, then check out the McBride Brother Lumberjacks Trilogy now.
If you want more Lumberjack Romance stories, then check out Gwyn McNamee’s Lumberjacks in Love series, where each book can be read as a standalone.
What to Expect:
🪓Lumberjack/Mountain Man Romance
🌲Small Town Romance
🪓Enemies to Lovers
🌲Grumpy/Sunshine
🪓Force Proximity
🌲Suspense
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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