If you like them big and feral...
Jan 22, 2025 1:17 pm
Hello, PNR lovers!
Here are your book recs this fine Wednesday. We hope you like orcs, because we have a lot of them. These guys are big, green, and they seem to know what they want.
Enjoy!
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The most potent magic is sealed with a bite.
Miranda
All I wanted was one night of normal after a year of... avoiding my former coven. Instead, I got an orc chief who took one look at me and growled "mine." One scorching night later, I wake up in his village—which is definitely not what I had in mind for the morning-after.
Now I'm surrounded by suspicious orcs, trying to keep my magic under wraps, and fighting an inconvenient attraction to my very large, very possessive "host." But hey, at least my familiar likes him—the traitor.
Osen
The clan elders demand I take a mate to secure my position as chief. I didn't expect fate to hand me a witch who makes my blood burn and my instincts roar to mark her again. And again.
Our shaman spits venom about dark magic, while my uncle circles like a vulture. But when my brother lies bleeding out and her forbidden power yanks him back from the brink, I know I'll burn down tradition to keep her.
Then her coven tracks her to my mountains, and I discover exactly what kind of darkness my mate has been running from. They want to drain her magic and steal her power—but they'll need to go through me first.
My mate. My witch. And I'll destroy anyone who tries to take her from me.
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Holly is a divorced mother of two, struggling to see her children because of her ex-husband's new wife.
Meanwhile, Joshua has been waiting for his fiancée, Nicole, to marry him for four years, but she can't seem to commit. Desperate for a solution, Joshua answers an ad for a marriage of convenience - no strings attached, posted by Holly's friends.
But neither expected to encounter a ghost with an agenda.
As they navigate the complications and unexpected feelings that arise from their arrangement, Holly has to also resolve the ghost's riddle, and together, she and Joshua have to face the possibility of falling in love.
Will they be able to achieve their goals without getting caught up in a haunted romance?
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A mute girl and a furry beast once got snowed in at the North Pole.
Ysella is a mafia princess. I saved her and her brother when a rival family tried to wipe them out, and now her brother wants me to take her far away, somewhere no one will find her. The farthest place I know is my cabin in Alaska. But is this a good idea? Absolutely not.
I shouldn’t have accepted the job in the first place. When my MSA handler insisted, I should’ve admitted I’m not the right man for it. It’s not that I can’t protect Ysella from her family’s enemies. It’s that…
I’m afraid I won’t be able to protect her from myself.
You see, as a Yeti, I have one weakness: a woman’s pheromones can make me go berserk.
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One former bad-boy orc working on a fresh start.
One distressed woman yearning to belong.
One night together.
I’m stranded on the side of an icy mountain with a busted ankle. Alone. And night is coming.
This is what I get for trying to prove that I’m independent.
My heart twists in relief when I hear the voices of Search and Rescue.
Other parts of me clench when I see my rescuer—tall, muscular, green, and tusked.
How do I explain to myself and my family that after one night, I’m in love with the bad boy orc?
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Being scooped up by slavers seemed like the worst thing that could happen to me. Then I was bought by a massive green orc.
I used to be the most sought-after horse trainer in the noble houses. But reputation is a fragile thing. One indiscretion made public, and suddenly those same nobles who’d praised my skill couldn't shut their doors fast enough. I thought leaving the city would give me a fresh start. Instead, it landed me in chains.
Now I belong to Marok. Even to an outsider like me, he stands out among his kind—and not just because he's the most imposing beast I've ever seen. The weight of the silence that follows him speaks of old wounds and deeper stories. And though he towers over everyone here, his own people look right through him.
In a world where humans are property and orcs are masters, I should be terrified. But I've never been good at knowing my place – and neither, it seems, has he.
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