Forbidden Territories Series by Scarlett Monroe

Cecelia Harrington has perfection down to an art form. Designer wardrobe. Billion-dollar family empire. A senator fiance who looks flawless in photos. But perfection is suffocating, and she’s drowning. Graves is seven feet of scarred green muscle, concrete dust, and raw masculinity. He’s the Orc foreman renovating her penthouse, and he looks at her like she’s something he wants to wreck and rebuild from the ground up. Every stolen glance across the construction site makes her heart race... moreCecelia Harrington has perfection down to an art form. Designer wardrobe. Billion-dollar family empire. A senator fiance who looks flawless in photos. But perfection is suffocating, and she’s drowning. Graves is seven feet of scarred green muscle, concrete dust, and raw masculinity. He’s the Orc foreman renovating her penthouse, and he looks at her like she’s something he wants to wreck and rebuild from the ground up. Every stolen glance across the construction site makes her heart race. Every brush of his calloused hands against her skin reminds her that she’s alive. What begins as a reckless escape becomes an addiction. Behind locked doors and construction tarps, Graves strips away every layer of polish until all that’s left is the truth: she was never meant for the gilded cage. She was meant for him. But when her father discovers the affair and threatens to destroy everything Graves has built, Cecelia faces an impossible choice. The inheritance and approval she was groomed for, or the Orc who makes her feel real for the first time in her life. Some boundaries were made to be demolished. The question is: does she have the courage to bring it all crashing down? Can be read as standalone. less

By day, Lydia Carver is the perfect political daughter—smiling through her father’s hate-filled rallies, the polished face of Senator Carver’s anti-Orc platform. By night, she’s someone else entirely. Someone who slips into The Tusk wearing a wig and a fake ID, desperate for the one thing she’s been taught to Orc hands on her body. Rrok recognizes the Senator’s daughter the moment she walks into his club. His first instinct? Blackmail. Revenge... moreBy day, Lydia Carver is the perfect political daughter—smiling through her father’s hate-filled rallies, the polished face of Senator Carver’s anti-Orc platform. By night, she’s someone else entirely. Someone who slips into The Tusk wearing a wig and a fake ID, desperate for the one thing she’s been taught to Orc hands on her body. Rrok recognizes the Senator’s daughter the moment she walks into his club. His first instinct? Blackmail. Revenge. Her father’s legislation destroyed his family, and now the man’s precious daughter is gift-wrapped and begging to be used. But the game changes the moment he gets her into the VIP room. He doesn’t just want leverage. He wants to own her. Mark her. Make her crave the very thing her father is trying to criminalize. What starts as vengeance becomes obsession, and Lydia discovers she’s addicted—not just to what Rrok does to her body, but to the man beneath the ruthless exterior. Rrok leaves bruises she has to hide during press conferences. He takes her apart in places where discovery means ruin. And when she begs him to stop playing games and make her his, he realizes the he’s fallen for the woman he meant to destroy. Now the Senator’s next legislative push could get Rrok imprisoned or worse. And Lydia must decide if the explosive, brutal, beautiful thing between them is worth the political firestorm that will consume them both. Can be read as standalone. less

Madeline Porter spent ten years being told she was too much and not enough. Now she’s divorced, rebuilding, and living in a suburb where the HOA weaponizes bylaws and neighbors perfect the art of judgment. The only person who doesn’t look at her with pity is Thorne—the massive, scarred Orc who lives in the corner house and terrifies everyone just by existing. Thorne is seven feet of brutal scars, silver-streaked hair, and a past he’s trying to bury... moreMadeline Porter spent ten years being told she was too much and not enough. Now she’s divorced, rebuilding, and living in a suburb where the HOA weaponizes bylaws and neighbors perfect the art of judgment. The only person who doesn’t look at her with pity is Thorne—the massive, scarred Orc who lives in the corner house and terrifies everyone just by existing. Thorne is seven feet of brutal scars, silver-streaked hair, and a past he’s trying to bury. Retired from decades as a mercenary, he moved to Oakwood Heights for isolation, not connection. But Madeline treats him like a person instead of a monster, and her kindness is as dangerous as any weapon he ever faced. When a winter storm traps them together and Thorne’s heat suppressants run out, the primal Orc mating instincttakes over. He locks himself in the basement to protect her. But Madeline is done being the invisible, sexless wife who shrinks to fit someone else’s expectations. She walks into the dark to help him—and what happens over three snowbound days changes everything. Thorne discovers that Madeline isn’t fragile. She’s strong enough to take everything he is—the scars, the need, the claiming desperation of the Rut. And Madeline finally understands what it means to be wanted exactly as she is: too loud, too needy, too much. By the time the snow clears, the neighborhood is scandalized. The HOA wants them gone. But Madeline has never cared less what people think—because she’s finally found a man who sees all of her and still can’t get enough. Can be read as standalone. less