Accidental Runaway Groom

Clover Lake #2

by Carrie Ann Ryan

I picked up a groom on the side of the road on the way to a wedding.

One problem: I wasn’t the bride.

And he didn’t mean to run away.

Sometimes things happen for a reason and six months later, I’m back in Clover Lake and Sharp McBride is single, not-so-heartbroken, and my new best friend.

Only neither one of us wants to be just friends.

I don’t know where his heart belongs, and I don’t want to be the person to break what’s left. Yet I’m only in town for a short time and I’m not sure I’m made for small time life.

And if we’re not careful, this time I might have to be the one who runs away.

**Accidental Runaway Groom is a next generation, grump rancher, friends to lovers, not-what-you-think romance set in the Montgomery World & Clover Lake series featuring Jamie Montgomery & Sharp McBride. Each book can be read as a complete standalone. An HEA is guaranteed!**

Genres: Contemporary, Romance

234 pages, Kindle Edition

Expected publication February 9, 2026

About the author

Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Talon Pack, Promise Me, and Elements of Five series, which have sold millions of books worldwide. She's the winner of a RT Book of the Year and a Prism Award in her genres. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

The Montgomery Ink World contains the following series, though each series is a stand alone and can be read in any order. Feel free to hop around:

The Montgomery Ink Series
The Gallagher Brothers Series
The Montgomery Ink: Colorado Springs Series
The Whiskey and Lies Series
The Fractured Connections Series
The Montgomery Ink: Boulder Series
The Less Than Series
The Promise Me Series

Her Elements of Five Series is her Young Adult Romance series while her other series are all adult.

Her Talon Pack series is set in the same world as the Redwood Pack series, only 30 years later.

The Dante's Circle, Holiday, Montana, and Branded Packs series are all individual series as well.

Reviews

[Kate groot · Rating 3 out of 5]

Received this book as a goodreads giveaway. While contemporary isn’t always my favorite - the concept seemed cute and funny enough to give it a go. And I was right! It was definitely cutesy and HEA. however, this is novella size. It has the bones to be a much longer book and due to it being so condensed it feels like a lot of holes and plots are thrown together. While I won’t give spoilers- Jo is TRAAAASHHHHH lol

[Janet Hammons · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it!

I love the banter and the chemistry. Couldn't put it down. These two families are so good together. I can't wait to read more.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a super cute short story. I won a kindle copy through a Goodreads giveaway and will definitely be looking to read more from this author.

[Laurie Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love how this story came to be.
It helped me through a tough time and I enjoyed having something to look forward to.