Orc Brides Series by Tara Phillips

Sold… her bride price paid for by an orc. Cyna’s father has traded her to this monstrous, battle-scarred warrior for a bag full of coins. She’s taken from her home, her family, her village, and everything she’s ever known.Tall, imposing, scarred, and green. His white tusks curve up menacingly. Atul is the perfect image of a monster. A brute covered in leather and weapons, and yet he’s not at all what she expected. The orcs are not the monsters she’s been told to dread... moreSold… her bride price paid for by an orc. Cyna’s father has traded her to this monstrous, battle-scarred warrior for a bag full of coins. She’s taken from her home, her family, her village, and everything she’s ever known.Tall, imposing, scarred, and green. His white tusks curve up menacingly. Atul is the perfect image of a monster. A brute covered in leather and weapons, and yet he’s not at all what she expected. The orcs are not the monsters she’s been told to dread.He says that he doesn’t want her fear. Instead, he wants her to acquiesce to him willingly. Wants her submission, her heart, and her womb. Because he intends to take his husbandly rights… intends to fill her belly with his child. And she’s finding it impossible to resist him. less

Taryn is rescued from a vicious troll attackBut the orcs who saved her village want payment for their servicesAnd they’ve decided to take her as their brideTaryn’s life is turned upside down when trolls attack her village. With her crippled leg that never healed right running isn’t an option. So she hides, and prays, and fears that her end is near… but then the orcs come.Her village is saved, but the band of orc warriors want payment, and their price is a bride... moreTaryn is rescued from a vicious troll attackBut the orcs who saved her village want payment for their servicesAnd they’ve decided to take her as their brideTaryn’s life is turned upside down when trolls attack her village. With her crippled leg that never healed right running isn’t an option. So she hides, and prays, and fears that her end is near… but then the orcs come.Her village is saved, but the band of orc warriors want payment, and their price is a bride. A fertile young woman to marry one of their warriors and bear their clan many orclings.The orc who saves her is tall, scarred, and rugged. He swings an axe as easily as he attends his patients. As the orc’s healer, Gedu is determined to set Taryn’s crippled leg. As a warrior, he’s determined to prove his fitness as her potential husband.He’ll fight in the bride battle, and prove his worth, because he wants Taryn's heart, and a baby.____________________________Traded to the Orc is the second book in the Orc Brides series. It is a 20k long novella featuring steamy scenes of fantastical romance with consenting, no-abuse, light BDSM with a dominant orc hero. All Orc Brides books can be read as stand-alones. less

Ensnared in a hunter’s trap.The orc who rescues her wants more for helping her than just her hand in marriage. Runa thought she enjoyed her simple life as the local village’s hermit. She has her cottage, her dog and her solitude.That all changes when an elf knocks at her door and asks for help crossing the orc’s territory. When her troll hound disappears along with the elf she sets off to find her dog... moreEnsnared in a hunter’s trap.The orc who rescues her wants more for helping her than just her hand in marriage. Runa thought she enjoyed her simple life as the local village’s hermit. She has her cottage, her dog and her solitude.That all changes when an elf knocks at her door and asks for help crossing the orc’s territory. When her troll hound disappears along with the elf she sets off to find her dog. When she’s ensnared in the same trap as her hound she finds herself at the mercy of an Orc hunter, the one who dug the pit. He doesn’t want much for rescuing them, only the rest of her life.When her dog follows the orc home, Runa finds herself caught between the comfort of home and the promise of a new life. less