Editorial Director Vicky Blunden has acquired World All Language rights in a new series from bestselling romance author Sofia Aves. The first book in the Valiant Peak Rodeo series, Hollow Mountain, will publish in ebook, paperback and audiobook on 4 February 2026. A reclusive billionaire ranch-owner willing to risk everything and a nomadic wolf researcher who’s afraid to put down roots collide in this intense Montana ranch romance about healing, belonging, and the kind of love that’s worth betting your life on. The second and third books in the series, (Ain’t No) Buckle Bunny and Drifter’s Heart, will publish in June and October 2026.

Aves says,

“I’m so excited to be working with Vicky and the team at Storm on Hollow Mountain and all the characters at Valiant Peak. Coyote Falls is so much more than a location. It’s a place of family, brooding mountains, personal tragedy and hope with a touch of mystery and dire wolf magic laced into its soil. Seeing this series become a reality is a dream.”

Blunden says,

“Sofia has crafted something truly special with the Valiant Peak Rodeo series. Hollow Mountain showcases her amazing talent for weaving together pulse-pounding rodeo action with deeply authentic emotion, real suspense and sizzling chemistry. Her ability to create wounded heroes who feel utterly real and resilient heroines who challenge them at every turn is totally addictive. Sofia writes romances that aren’t just about the love story—they’re about healing, second chances, and discovering where you truly belong. I have no doubt that readers are going to fall completely under the spell of Cord and Lanie’s story.”

USA Today bestselling author Sofia Aves writes fast-paced police romances, sizzling military units, steamy cowboys with a Montana backdrop and the occasional cheeky god. Sofia writes kidlit for charity and has over one hundred and fifty publications across six not-so-super-secret pen names. As acquisitions editor for Evernight and Evernight Teen publishing she loves discovering new talent in romance and YA spaces, and is a mum of three crazies in a returned veteran household. For more information, connect with Sofia on www.sofiaaves.com, TikTok, X, Facebook or Instagram.