Beck Graham knows how to handle traffic, coffee shops, and city life with style.

What she does not know how to handle is rural Montana, a dead grandmother she barely had time to know, a ranch she may have just inherited, and a town that keeps whispering about something called The Bear.

One minute she is chasing answers through hidden notes tucked inside essential-oil bottles. The next, she is snowbound, stranded, and in far deeper trouble than any city girl should ever face. Then Eli Walker steps in.

Tall, scarred, and impossible to read, the Navy SEAL is the first man Beck cannot charm, fluster, or wrap around her little finger.

While other men usually fall fast, Eli barely seems to notice her—unless she is freezing, falling, or finding some brand

-new way to nearly die. He keeps saving her life. He keeps keeping his distance. And Beck cannot tell if he cares what happens to her...

or just hates being inconvenienced by the world’s most determined disaster. But someone killed her grandmother, someone wants the ranch, and the deeper Beck digs, the more dangerous Montana becomes.

Because the only man who makes her feel safe is the one she cannot read, cannot control, and definitely should not want.

The Peppermint Villain is a clean romantic suspense with hidden clues, Montana danger, essential oils, and one sizzling-hot SEAL who may think Beck is nothing but trouble.