Blackthorn Ridge

Blackthorn Ridge Series: Book 1

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Genres

Age Gap Romance, Mountain Man Romance, Dark Romance, Curvy Women, Daddy Romance, Small Town Romance, Grumpy / Sunshine, Slow Burn, Debut, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Profanity, Sex, Abuse, Rape, and Suicide

Type of Ending

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Oct 31, 2026

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Blackthorn Ridge

Blackthorn Ridge Series: Book 1

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Blurb

Two broken people. One impossible love.

My name is Sage Thompson.

I drove north until my Jeep died in a Montana blizzard with nothing left but a stuffed bear, an unread college acceptance letter, and my dead mother's last words echoing in my head.

Just get in there. Let someone help you.

I walked into the only diner with lights on. I had no money. No plan. Nothing left to offer except the only currency I'd ever been taught I had.

And then I saw him.

Corner booth. Impossibly large. Salt-and-pepper beard. Hands that could break me without effort—resting open on the table, asking for nothing.

He called me his friend before he knew my name. And once he knew my name, I wanted more.

Blackthorn Ridge is a slow-burn found-family romance about two broken people who decided love wasn't for them—and the devastating proof that they were wrong.

Content Notes:

Contemporary romance
Dark themes
Slow burn
Age gap
Spice 4

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Genres

Age Gap Romance, Mountain Man Romance, Dark Romance, Curvy Women, Daddy Romance, Small Town Romance, Grumpy / Sunshine, Slow Burn, Debut, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Profanity, Sex, Abuse, Rape, and Suicide

Type of Ending

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Series

Blackthorn Ridge Series — Book 1

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Publication Date

Oct 31, 2026

Page Length

736 pages

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Author

Some people find romance. Alessandro Ingenito was found by it. He grew up lost in fantasy, adventure, and historical fiction—until at nineteen, his wife handed him Nora Roberts' Montana Sky and everything changed. What followed were years of voraciously devouring Julia Quinn, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Nora Roberts, and every slow burn that could wreck him completely. By day he runs a creative agency. By marriage he has a partner who still hands him books. By necessity he finally started writing his own. Blackthorn Ridge is his debut novel. It won't be his last. He lives in California with his wife, their three boys, two fur babies, and the ever-growing TBR she keeps adding to.