Ashes, Apples, & Amorous Orcs
(2026)(The third book in the Harvest Hollow Orc Romances series)
A novel by Zora Black
I came back to Harvest Hollow to sell honey and rebuild my life, not get rescued by a seven-foot green orc who smells like pine, blood, and bad decisions.
One minute I’m minding my own bees.
Next minute Draven’s pinning a dying wolf to the ground with his knife still in its throat and looking at me like I’m the real danger in these woods.
Now he ‘patrols’ my apiary every single day.
Staring.
Brooding.
Lifting my hives like they weigh nothing while I try not to notice how his forearms flex or how his tusks catch the light when he almost smiles.
The whole town thinks he belongs with perfect, polished Vaelis.
I think he belongs buried under me in his cabin while I call him mine.
So yeah, I defended him at the festival like a lovesick idiot.
And yeah, someone sabotaged my honey the second I did it.
But if that jealous elf thinks a little tampering and small-town gossip will run me off…
She’s about to learn exactly why bees have stingers.
He says he’s not a hero.
I say fine — then be my villain.
Read on for sunshine beekeeper x obsessed orc protector, small-town monster romance, public claiming, jealous rival sabotage, and a grumpy tracker who finally chooses his queen over everything. HEA guaranteed!
Genre: Paranormal Romance
One minute I’m minding my own bees.
Next minute Draven’s pinning a dying wolf to the ground with his knife still in its throat and looking at me like I’m the real danger in these woods.
Now he ‘patrols’ my apiary every single day.
Staring.
Brooding.
Lifting my hives like they weigh nothing while I try not to notice how his forearms flex or how his tusks catch the light when he almost smiles.
The whole town thinks he belongs with perfect, polished Vaelis.
I think he belongs buried under me in his cabin while I call him mine.
So yeah, I defended him at the festival like a lovesick idiot.
And yeah, someone sabotaged my honey the second I did it.
But if that jealous elf thinks a little tampering and small-town gossip will run me off…
She’s about to learn exactly why bees have stingers.
He says he’s not a hero.
I say fine — then be my villain.
Read on for sunshine beekeeper x obsessed orc protector, small-town monster romance, public claiming, jealous rival sabotage, and a grumpy tracker who finally chooses his queen over everything. HEA guaranteed!
Genre: Paranormal Romance