Embers of Resistance: A Monster Fantasy Romance Novella (Savage Oaths #10)

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She expected a warlord. She got the only man who ever read her reports.

Tamara didn't ask to be regent. She inherited a throne no one wanted, a kingdom bleeding grain, and a council that would rather watch her fail than let her succeed. When Drakmoor sends a prince to renegotiate the border treaty, she expects politics. She gets Grim.

Second son. Scarred. Seven feet of green-skinned composure and a voice like gravel wrapped in patience. He doesn't posture. He doesn't threaten. He reads her supply projections, catches the error on page three, and asks why her council hasn't fixed it.

No one has ever asked her that before.

But the border is burning. Orc refugees are starving in the marshes. A rival kingdom is marching cavalry south to prove Tamara can't hold her own territory. And the war-captain camped in the swamp doesn't trust anyone who isn't bleeding beside her.

To save her kingdom, Tamara needs an alliance no one believes in — orcs and humans holding the same line, following the same signals, trusting each other in the dark.

To save herself, she needs to stop pretending she doesn't want the orc prince who stands too close at the map table and looks at her like she's the most dangerous thing in the room.

She can't have both. She's going to try anyway.

🔥 Tropes: Size difference · Slow burn · Grumpy/sunshine (both grumpy) · Competent heroine · He falls first · Only soft for her · Touch her and unalive · Forced proximity · Political marriage of convenience · Found family · Who did this to you · Allies to lovers

⚠️ This book contains explicit sexual content and is intended for readers 18+. Features a possessive orc prince, a heroine who weaponizes spreadsheets, and a guaranteed HEA.