a human woman and an orc, Open Door, Explicit, in a settled · Marrowvale
The Orc's Neighbour
The orc sent to keep her hill-run is forbidden to court her. On the first night, he tells her he wants to anyway.
At thirty-three, Nesta Trevail, a hired shepherd all her life, inherits a run of her own on the orc side of the road: a stone lambing-shed and ninety ewes. Custom says it is kept until the shearing gather by a guardian from the nearest steading, and the Hask send Drogan, the waller the whole valley side steps off the path for. A guardian who courts the holder loses his house's name.
The bond wakes over the shed door. An orc cannot hide it, so he says it once, plainly, then sleeps at the march-wall and keeps the rule to the letter. She feels exactly what it costs him.
Then the wool factor who wants her ground cheap sends men to drive her flock into the bog, and she sees what Drogan is.
Loving him could cost him his name. Saving it would cost her the hill.
Curvy heroine, size difference, fated mates, forbidden love, and a dangerous male who is gentle with exactly one person. Explicit, open door, standalone, happy ending. Perfect for fans of Finley Fenn and Ruby Dixon.
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RomantasyParanormal / GeneralSmall Town
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