The Merchant's Human: A Spicy Monster Fantasy Romance Short Read (Savage Oaths #8)

She stowed away in an orc merchant's wagon to escape a monster. She didn't expect to find one who wanted to keep her.

Elara Vance has exactly two be sold to pay her father's debts to a man who makes her skin crawl, or hide in a cargo crate and pray the orc caravan doesn't find her.

She picks the crate.

Bad The merchant finds her anyway.

Worse He knew she was there the whole time.

Zaren of the Jade Coast is a collector of rare and beautiful things—and by the laws of the Dominion, stowaways become property. But he doesn't want Elara in chains. He wants her in silk. In his office. In his bed.

He wants her everywhere.

"I collect beautiful things, little thief. And I treat my collection very well."

Elara should be terrified. She should be planning her escape, not noticing the way his amber eyes track her every move. Not wondering what those gold-capped tusks would feel like against her skin. And definitely not falling for the orc who technically owns her.

But Zaren doesn't treat her like property. He treats her like a partner—matching wits over ledgers by day and tangled in silk sheets by night. And when enemies from both their pasts come calling, he makes one thing very

No one touches what belongs to him.


The "You're mine now" but make it respectful 📚 Enemies to "wait, you're actually brilliant" to lovers 💰 He's rich. She's smarter. Together they're unstoppable. 🌶️ Explicit spice (the desk will never be the same) 💚 Seven feet of green possessive merchant prince 🗡️ He will literally destroy anyone who threatens her 💍 HEA with a proposal that will make you SOB

Content Explicit sexual content, possessive hero, references to debt bondage and predatory men (not the hero), morally grey orc who would commit crimes for her, and a guaranteed happily ever after.

Perfect for fans Ruby Dixon, Finley Fenn, captive romance, "he falls first AND harder," and heroines who are too smart for their own good.

✨ Can be read as a standalone ✨