The Mountain Between Us by Josh Nelson

The mountain was supposed to be an escape. Instead, it became the place where Noah found love.

Noah went to the mountains because he needed to disappear.

Exhausted by the life he had built and haunted by a painful betrayal, he wants distance from everything—and everyone. But a wrong turn leaves him stranded in a remote mountain wilderness, where a violent snowstorm forces him to accept shelter from Peter, a warm, witty photographer living in an isolated cabin.

At first, they are nothing more than two strangers trapped together.

But as the storm keeps them inside, conversations become confessions. Laughter replaces awkward silence. Small acts of kindness become something deeper. Peter sees through Noah's carefully constructed emotional walls, while Noah discovers that Peter's easygoing confidence hides wounds of his own.

Then comes the first kiss.

And suddenly, neither man can pretend their growing attraction is simply the result of isolation.

When an avalanche separates them, Noah's greatest fear becomes clear: losing Peter scares him more than anything he has faced in years. But surviving the mountain is only the beginning. Once they return to civilization, they must decide whether what they found in the snow can survive in the real world.

Noah must confront the fear that has kept him emotionally distant for years. Peter must risk trusting someone again despite his own painful past.

Because the mountain didn't create their love.

It simply gave them enough time to recognize it.