Part-time Orc

She inherited a bookshop. He's been hiding a secret for ten years.

Ellie Harper didn't plan to stay in Pinehaven. She came back to deal with her grandmother's estate—a dusty bookshop in a dying tourist town—then get back to her life in L.A.

But reconnecting with Grayson Kane changed everything.

Grayson. Her childhood friend. The quiet, intense guy who runs wilderness tours and looks at her like she's the only person in the world. The one she's been half in love with since she was fifteen.

Except Grayson isn't exactly human.

He's Grath—a seven-foot orc warrior cursed to Earth by a scorned witch. For ten years, he's been trapped, pretending to be human, unable to go home. The curse is simple and cruel: only true love from a human can break it.

The catch? The moment someone loves him, he vanishes. Sent back to his world. Gone forever.

So when the chemistry between them explodes into something neither can deny, they make a deal: They'll have this—the heat, the connection, the wild, desperate need—but they won't fall in love.

Except Ellie's already falling. And Grayson's been in love with her for years.

Now they're caught between honesty and heartbreak. Tell the truth and lose everything. Stay silent and live a lie.

But what if the curse isn't what they think it is? What if the witch has been dead for years? What if Grayson's been free all along... and stayed for her?

A small-town monster romance about coming home, breaking curses, and being brave enough to claim the love you deserve.