a human woman and an orc, Open Door, Explicit, in a settled · Marrowvale
The Orc's Paper Wife
She asked the orc across the road to sign a paper marriage. Nobody warned her that Orcish has no word for pretend.
Wenna Vey inherited her father's forge along with the debt he signed against it, and the guild factor who holds the note will take her fire on the autumn quarter-day — unless the forge is held by a married householder. Forty days. One clause. So she walks across the road and asks Ozrek, the enormous orc smith the whole valley steps aside for, to put his name beside hers.
He signs. Then his mother opens the courtship rites, his gifts arrive at her step in the correct order, and every practical arrangement is read by the valley as a real one — while Ozrek sleeps at the far wall, says nothing he does not mean, and wants her so plainly that neither of them can pretend. When the factor calls the marriage a fraud, it is no longer only her forge at stake. It is his trade, his standing, his mother's steading.
To save him she will have to give up the only thing she ever married for.
Curvy heroine, size difference, fated mates, and a dangerous male who is gentle with exactly one person. Explicit, open door, standalone with a happy ending. Perfect for fans of Finley Fenn and Ruby Dixon.
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RomantasyParanormal / GeneralFake Dating
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