The Prospect Mountain Lodge has been closed for nearly two years, but former ski patrol director Owen Hartwell never left.

While the rest of the world moved on, Owen remained on the mountain, maintaining equipment, documenting inconsistencies, and quietly investigating the circumstances surrounding the resort's sudden closure. What began as suspicion eventually became a twenty-two-month search for answers.

When feasibility analyst Nora Callahan arrives to evaluate the property for a potential acquisition, she expects a routine assignment. Instead, she finds a mountain filled with unanswered questions, missing records, and a caretaker whose concerns prove impossible to ignore.

As Owen and Nora follow a trail of overlooked documents and buried decisions, they uncover evidence suggesting the closure may have been tied to interests far beyond declining revenues. Together they must determine whether the truth can still be uncovered—and what should be done with it once it is.

Set in the Colorado Rockies, Closed Season combines a gentle investigative mystery with a heartfelt clean romance and a strong sense of place. It is a story about stewardship, integrity, community, and the people who choose to stay when walking away would be easier.

Returning to the world of Prospect, Colorado, this companion novella stands alone while continuing the larger history of a town where nothing important is ever truly forgotten.