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Arranged Monster Mates #6
Wed to the Orc
My tiny new wife is a force of chaos bent on turning my life upside down.I am a researcher. I read books, conduct experiments, and live quietly on the fringes of the orc town. All I want is peace, quiet, and a female to satisfy the wild urges of my orc body so they don’t distract me from my work.
Getting a human wife through the Temple seems like a logical solution—until I bring her home and she starts sowing chaos. She moves my books, cuts my herbs to make bouquets, and replaces the blessed silence with laughter and song.
For such a tiny person, she can be very loud. And opinionated.
Worst of all, she does nothing to calm my libido. Instead, she makes my body eager and my mind obsessed. She encroaches on my space, my work, my thoughts, and worst of all, my heart.
I hate being out of control, yet with her, it’s all I can be. This cannot go on.
Something has to give.
The Temple, a matchmaking service for monsters, shifters, and aliens, is open for service.
Arranged Monster Mates is a series of novellas written by your favorite paranormal and sci-fi romance authors: Eden Ember, Layla Fae, and Cara Wylde.
Each of these steamy stories has it all: a possessive male, a heroine ready to sacrifice herself to the beast, plenty of spice, and a happily ever after to curl your toes!
Getting a human wife through the Temple seems like a logical solution—until I bring her home and she starts sowing chaos. She moves my books, cuts my herbs to make bouquets, and replaces the blessed silence with laughter and song.
For such a tiny person, she can be very loud. And opinionated.
Worst of all, she does nothing to calm my libido. Instead, she makes my body eager and my mind obsessed. She encroaches on my space, my work, my thoughts, and worst of all, my heart.
I hate being out of control, yet with her, it’s all I can be. This cannot go on.
Something has to give.
The Temple, a matchmaking service for monsters, shifters, and aliens, is open for service.
Arranged Monster Mates is a series of novellas written by your favorite paranormal and sci-fi romance authors: Eden Ember, Layla Fae, and Cara Wylde.
Each of these steamy stories has it all: a possessive male, a heroine ready to sacrifice herself to the beast, plenty of spice, and a happily ever after to curl your toes!
132 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 21, 2023
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Layla Fae writes steamy monster romance of many varieties. Fluffy or dark, with TWs ranging from flavored monster essence used as food to blood play and dark taboo romance, she explores the fantasy of monster love from various angles.
She is not an author for the faint of heart.
Layla Fae writes steamy monster romance of many varieties. Fluffy or dark, with TWs ranging from flavored monster essence used as food to blood play and dark taboo romance, she explores the fantasy of monster love from various angles.
She is not an author for the faint of heart.
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September 29, 2025
Ina’s groom was an important scientist working at the forefront of portal technology….. and let me tell you this much about her orc husband…. He sure wasn’t a sweet, charming male, he had not One romantic bone in his huge green body. …. No worries, Ina had a talent for dealing with men, and she was going to use it shamelessly.
Once Lundark got past his insecurities of is female leaving him behind his grumpy/sunshine was kind of sexy……. It was fun watching Ina Teach him how to slowly let go of his rigid schedule, cuz he couldn’t control himself around his sexy redhead wife
February 4, 2024
I LOVE THEM YOUR HONOR 🥺
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pre-preview: heard about some sixteen inches👀
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pre-preview: heard about some sixteen inches👀
June 29, 2025
──⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡┊2.5 ★
Short review because I don't have much to say about this instalment. I liked it just fine, I didn't love it but neither did I hate it.
My gripe, as per usual, is that the book was too short for the setting, romance or story to be truly developed. Nevertheless, Layla Fae did what she could with the short page time, and Lundark reluctantly pining for Ina and finally resigning himself to it was so fun to read.
It wouldn't be a true monster romance without spice either. But the spice was just like the rest of the book – mediocre, a little cringe, nothing to write home about. So here goes:
Now on to my next book 🤗
I fought to put myself back under control. But it was impossible. I wanted her, and if she’d turned to me at that moment and demanded anything, I would have laid the world at her feet and taken her to bed.
Short review because I don't have much to say about this instalment. I liked it just fine, I didn't love it but neither did I hate it.
My gripe, as per usual, is that the book was too short for the setting, romance or story to be truly developed. Nevertheless, Layla Fae did what she could with the short page time, and Lundark reluctantly pining for Ina and finally resigning himself to it was so fun to read.
It hit me like a punch, the impact of her gaze, and I realized how I had missed the simple fact of just being seen by her.
It wouldn't be a true monster romance without spice either. But the spice was just like the rest of the book – mediocre, a little cringe, nothing to write home about. So here goes:
"And you… and this… this was in my body,” I said, my voice expressionless in my disbelief.
“As I said, that oil is remarkable,” Lundark said, his eyes glittering. “And if you have trouble believing that, I’ll be happy to demonstrate. But now, please, touch me. It’s getting difficult to think. I can’t focus with you naked and so close.”
Now on to my next book 🤗
November 5, 2023
February 29, 2024
cutieeee
September 23, 2023
"'The Oil is remarkable.' Lundark's low voice came in through the buzzing in my ears. 'You can take up to eight inches normally, you know. Yet now you're taking all sixteen.'"
I liked the first one that Layla wrote in this series (Wed to the Ice Giant) but I LOVED this one. the banter was so good and I absolutely loved both characters.
are you surprised this is a five star? you shouldn't be. bc this was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.
I feel like a broken record at this point, but if Layla Fae writes it, not only will I definitely read it, but I will also love it.
I absolutely loved this. The characters were great, I loved their chemistry and banter and altho they made me want to scream at them a few times, I loved their story. I was hooked from the beginning and couldn't put it down. We had a super cute Belle and Beast library moment a little over half way thru and I think that might be my favorite scene.
I thought the first book (Wed to the Ice Giant) was good, but I didn't feel like there was a connection between the two characters that made me root for them to be together, I definitely felt it this time tho and I definitely recommend! I'm gonna have to check out the rest of the series because arranged marriage is one of my favorite tropes!
I liked the first one that Layla wrote in this series (Wed to the Ice Giant) but I LOVED this one. the banter was so good and I absolutely loved both characters.
are you surprised this is a five star? you shouldn't be. bc this was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.
I feel like a broken record at this point, but if Layla Fae writes it, not only will I definitely read it, but I will also love it.
I absolutely loved this. The characters were great, I loved their chemistry and banter and altho they made me want to scream at them a few times, I loved their story. I was hooked from the beginning and couldn't put it down. We had a super cute Belle and Beast library moment a little over half way thru and I think that might be my favorite scene.
I thought the first book (Wed to the Ice Giant) was good, but I didn't feel like there was a connection between the two characters that made me root for them to be together, I definitely felt it this time tho and I definitely recommend! I'm gonna have to check out the rest of the series because arranged marriage is one of my favorite tropes!
October 5, 2023
Overall: 2 stars.
Meh it was fine. The hero is an orc with a big dick. But really he just acts like a dick. The majority of the plot involves him ignoring his new wife because he has to do ~science~ and she’s too sexy to be around. Then they bone, and everyone becomes emotionally mature somehow. 🤷🏼♀️
Meh it was fine. The hero is an orc with a big dick. But really he just acts like a dick. The majority of the plot involves him ignoring his new wife because he has to do ~science~ and she’s too sexy to be around. Then they bone, and everyone becomes emotionally mature somehow. 🤷🏼♀️
October 26, 2023
I enjoyed the characters well enough, somewhat insecure grump with a good heart and a manic pixie type girl who for once gets a happy ending instead of just being a tool. That being said, I'm really not a fan of especially when the characters previously didn't seem to want that or actively expressed not wanting that.
More of a 3.25-3.5 than a 3.
More of a 3.25-3.5 than a 3.
July 13, 2025
4/5
Мені сподобалося. Я не любителька монстр-романсів і тому подібного, але так склалося, що я потонула в цій історії і не змогла зупинитися, поки не дочитала. Не було жодного моменту, який би викликав огиду, навпаки, все дуже органічно і гаряче🔥
Лундарк — буркотливий, похмурий, вчений-орк, який потребує дружини, лише щоб задовільнити свої статеві потяги. Він не планує з нею зближуватися і заводити дітей. Через минулі стосунки, орк розчарувався в жінках, а тому навіть не збирається спробувати побудувати щось справжнє з Іною.
Іна — цілковита протилежність Лундарку. Життєрадісна, весела, комунікабельна, вперта і цілеспрямована. Вона має намір розтопити серце холодного орка і зробити їхній шлюб справжній, сповненим кохання і турботи.
Це маленька новела, тому логічно, що події розвиваються швидко, з іншого боку це плюс, тому що жодної сторінки не було нудно.
Мені подобалося спостерігати за їхніми стосунками. Як Лундарк, вивчав людську фізіологію, щоб не нашкодити Іні, як Іна пробивалася крізь стіни Лундарка, але й не забувала про свою гідність.
Єдине, що мене дуже дратували неконтрольовані випади агресії Лундарка. А от Іна —неймовірна, показала, хто в домі хазяйка і як потрібно до неї ставитися💅
В цілому, це було дуже добре і якраз потрапило в настрій. Хочеться прочитати ще щось з цієї серії.
Мені сподобалося. Я не любителька монстр-романсів і тому подібного, але так склалося, що я потонула в цій історії і не змогла зупинитися, поки не дочитала. Не було жодного моменту, який би викликав огиду, навпаки, все дуже органічно і гаряче🔥
Лундарк — буркотливий, похмурий, вчений-орк, який потребує дружини, лише щоб задовільнити свої статеві потяги. Він не планує з нею зближуватися і заводити дітей. Через минулі стосунки, орк розчарувався в жінках, а тому навіть не збирається спробувати побудувати щось справжнє з Іною.
Іна — цілковита протилежність Лундарку. Життєрадісна, весела, комунікабельна, вперта і цілеспрямована. Вона має намір розтопити серце холодного орка і зробити їхній шлюб справжній, сповненим кохання і турботи.
Це маленька новела, тому логічно, що події розвиваються швидко, з іншого боку це плюс, тому що жодної сторінки не було нудно.
Мені подобалося спостерігати за їхніми стосунками. Як Лундарк, вивчав людську фізіологію, щоб не нашкодити Іні, як Іна пробивалася крізь стіни Лундарка, але й не забувала про свою гідність.
Єдине, що мене дуже дратували неконтрольовані випади агресії Лундарка. А от Іна —неймовірна, показала, хто в домі хазяйка і як потрібно до неї ставитися💅
В цілому, це було дуже добре і якраз потрапило в настрій. Хочеться прочитати ще щось з цієї серії.
March 1, 2025
short but good
This was a short read, but I really enjoyed it. I really like the main female character. I like how she stood her ground. I really liked how he wanted a quiet, meek wife, and she was the opposite. I like how she said this is our house now we are married now. She didn’t back down. She told him what she wanted and she was willing to work for I really liked that.
This was a short read, but I really enjoyed it. I really like the main female character. I like how she stood her ground. I really liked how he wanted a quiet, meek wife, and she was the opposite. I like how she said this is our house now we are married now. She didn’t back down. She told him what she wanted and she was willing to work for I really liked that.
October 7, 2023
If only the story could’ve been longer. I think the h, Ina, really made this story SO entertaining.
February 5, 2024
2.5☆ Nothing special, nothing horrendous. Just boring.
I was THISCLOSE to DNFing around 52% and I blame my boredom on the orc with the 16-inch dick. Yup, even that fun fact wasn't enough to keep my attention, so you know shit was rough. It got a little better about 70% in, but still not terribly interesting.
I like a grumpy hero, and a buff grumpy scientist has the potential to be downright scrumptious. But Lundark's POV was unbearably repetitive and dry. He's a selfish asshole workaholic who is OCD about his life and space and work, and he's given up on relating to or interacting with anyone because he's decided he just has a 'bad personality.' Self-fulfilling prophesy 101, obvi, but not done in a particularly compelling way. I just had trouble caring about him. Ina, on the other hand, was a try hard, and it was a bit aggravating. I wanted to tell her to stop smiling and trying to force everything much, much sooner.
I'm still going to read Wed to the Lich because so many GR folks have raved about it, and it sounds like a very different H. I thought this one would be my cup of tea based on the blurb, but I'm sensing I'll have better luck with a sweetheart undead skeleton-man.
I was THISCLOSE to DNFing around 52% and I blame my boredom on the orc with the 16-inch dick. Yup, even that fun fact wasn't enough to keep my attention, so you know shit was rough. It got a little better about 70% in, but still not terribly interesting.
I like a grumpy hero, and a buff grumpy scientist has the potential to be downright scrumptious. But Lundark's POV was unbearably repetitive and dry. He's a selfish asshole workaholic who is OCD about his life and space and work, and he's given up on relating to or interacting with anyone because he's decided he just has a 'bad personality.' Self-fulfilling prophesy 101, obvi, but not done in a particularly compelling way. I just had trouble caring about him. Ina, on the other hand, was a try hard, and it was a bit aggravating. I wanted to tell her to stop smiling and trying to force everything much, much sooner.
I'm still going to read Wed to the Lich because so many GR folks have raved about it, and it sounds like a very different H. I thought this one would be my cup of tea based on the blurb, but I'm sensing I'll have better luck with a sweetheart undead skeleton-man.
January 16, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️
Another cute one but grumpy sunshine this time around and I may have loved it a little more.
The push and pull between Lundark and Ina was simply delicious. I lived for her pushing all of his buttons and he was defenseless against her charms.
More size difference which is hot af. Lundark’s character was one of my faves. He reminded me of Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory but with a libido. Darn those orc mating tendencies! 🤣
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Another cute one but grumpy sunshine this time around and I may have loved it a little more.
The push and pull between Lundark and Ina was simply delicious. I lived for her pushing all of his buttons and he was defenseless against her charms.
More size difference which is hot af. Lundark’s character was one of my faves. He reminded me of Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory but with a libido. Darn those orc mating tendencies! 🤣
April 6, 2025
⭐️2/5 🌶1/5
Emotionally Unavailable Orcs Should Be Canceled. Immediately. 🤢
You know what? I went into Wed to the Orc hoping for a sweet, spicy monster romance with the usual “grumpy orc x sunshine human” combo. What I got instead was a rage-inducing, emotionally constipated orc scientist who treated his literal wife like a goddamn cocksleeve and background noise he never asked for. 🤬
Lundark. Fucking Lundark. If I could punch a fictional character in the face, he’d be first in line. He sent his blood to the temple not for a mate to cherish or a partner to love—but because he needed “a female for his bed” and even then only “infrequently” so she wouldn't disturb his precious lab work. 💩
Like excuse me? BUY A COCKSLEEVE, ASSHOLE. DON’T GET A FUCKING WIFE. 🖕🏻
He saw Ina—his warm, vibrant, loving sunshine of a wife—as a damn inconvenience. She cooks, she sings, she tries to make their home a happy one... and he hates it. And when she unknowingly picks the very flower he uses to suppress his orc hormones? He loses it. Yells at her. Breaks her spirit. And what does Ina do?
She cries, stops singing, stops talking, and literally dims her entire light to fit into the silence he wants. That scene made me cry angry-ass tears. That’s how hard it hit. 💔😡
And let me tell you the cherry on this shit sundae—there’s NO groveling. No meaningful apology. No realization of how deep he fucked up. And she forgives him just like that? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? 😒🙄😮💨
Ina deserved better. Ina deserved the world.
Lundark didn’t deserve Ina’s cooking, much less her heart.
This wasn’t a monster romance. This was emotional terrorism wrapped in orc skin. I finished the book out of spite, but I stand by my rating.
Not spicy, not satisfying, just straight-up frustrating.
2 stars, and that’s me being generous. 😒
🧫 MF monster romance
🧫 Arranged marriage
🧫 Fated mates
🧫 Virgin FMC
🧫 Emotionally constipated asshole MMC 💩
🧫 Size difference
🧫 Pregnancy and baby
🧫 Low-angst (I guess yes for some people, but for me, it's a rage-inducing emotional terrorism level of angst) 🤬
🧫 HEA
🧫 Epilogues
Emotionally Unavailable Orcs Should Be Canceled. Immediately. 🤢
You know what? I went into Wed to the Orc hoping for a sweet, spicy monster romance with the usual “grumpy orc x sunshine human” combo. What I got instead was a rage-inducing, emotionally constipated orc scientist who treated his literal wife like a goddamn cocksleeve and background noise he never asked for. 🤬
Lundark. Fucking Lundark. If I could punch a fictional character in the face, he’d be first in line. He sent his blood to the temple not for a mate to cherish or a partner to love—but because he needed “a female for his bed” and even then only “infrequently” so she wouldn't disturb his precious lab work. 💩
Like excuse me? BUY A COCKSLEEVE, ASSHOLE. DON’T GET A FUCKING WIFE. 🖕🏻
He saw Ina—his warm, vibrant, loving sunshine of a wife—as a damn inconvenience. She cooks, she sings, she tries to make their home a happy one... and he hates it. And when she unknowingly picks the very flower he uses to suppress his orc hormones? He loses it. Yells at her. Breaks her spirit. And what does Ina do?
She cries, stops singing, stops talking, and literally dims her entire light to fit into the silence he wants. That scene made me cry angry-ass tears. That’s how hard it hit. 💔😡
And let me tell you the cherry on this shit sundae—there’s NO groveling. No meaningful apology. No realization of how deep he fucked up. And she forgives him just like that? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? 😒🙄😮💨
Ina deserved better. Ina deserved the world.
Lundark didn’t deserve Ina’s cooking, much less her heart.
This wasn’t a monster romance. This was emotional terrorism wrapped in orc skin. I finished the book out of spite, but I stand by my rating.
Not spicy, not satisfying, just straight-up frustrating.
2 stars, and that’s me being generous. 😒
🧫 MF monster romance
🧫 Arranged marriage
🧫 Fated mates
🧫 Virgin FMC
🧫 Emotionally constipated asshole MMC 💩
🧫 Size difference
🧫 Pregnancy and baby
🧫 Low-angst (I guess yes for some people, but for me, it's a rage-inducing emotional terrorism level of angst) 🤬
🧫 HEA
🧫 Epilogues
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November 12, 2024I’m reading a romance with a very weak heroine and I needed some backbone in my life, so thank you! That was fun.
And at this point I think we’ve established that if I’m on a break with my book, it’s not cheating if I read this 👀
And at this point I think we’ve established that if I’m on a break with my book, it’s not cheating if I read this 👀
August 7, 2023
3.3 stars.
Ok. So I was almost done writing this review when the app crashed and deleted it so I’m a little frustrated now and can’t remember exactly what I said. The gist of it was that I liked the attitude the FMC had(yes I forgot her name…shhhhh) it was refreshing and new. She just had a complete determination to get her husband to like her and act like it, basically at any cost.
What I didn’t like is that we followed such a similar pattern in timeline as the Ice Giant book.
Mary, fuck, pull back for most of the book, realize you’re an idiot, fuck again, the end….
Which is fine, and I Did like how this book pulled it off Better than the first one, but it’s not a favorite of mine.
I did like the book, but it just sort of worries me that this is the formula she’s chosen and I’m really hoping the Lich book has something completely different…
Ok. So I was almost done writing this review when the app crashed and deleted it so I’m a little frustrated now and can’t remember exactly what I said. The gist of it was that I liked the attitude the FMC had(yes I forgot her name…shhhhh) it was refreshing and new. She just had a complete determination to get her husband to like her and act like it, basically at any cost.
What I didn’t like is that we followed such a similar pattern in timeline as the Ice Giant book.
Mary, fuck, pull back for most of the book, realize you’re an idiot, fuck again, the end….
Which is fine, and I Did like how this book pulled it off Better than the first one, but it’s not a favorite of mine.
I did like the book, but it just sort of worries me that this is the formula she’s chosen and I’m really hoping the Lich book has something completely different…
May 31, 2025
8/10
Мені дуже сподобалось🤌🏼
Буркотливий та серйозний орк-науковець, який звик ставити роботу на перше місце, і вирішив знайти собі покірну і тиху дружину, яка вела б його господарство та зігрівала його ліжко, бо він вже давно змирився з тим, що ніхто не захоче бути з ним заради нього самого.
І впевнена в собі, сонячна та говірка жінка, яка налаштована зблизитись зі своїм чоловіком та перетворити цей бутафорський шлюб на справжній.
Те, як Іна відстоювала себе і свої бажання, як використувала свій розум, навички і життєрадісність проти свого чоловіка😅 і намагалась достукатись до його холодного серця; як відмовлялась здаватись після милих і красивих жестів, бо хотіла значно більшого. Вона просто slay💅🏼
Лундарк теж мілаха. Хоч він і дуже grumpy, але насправді він просто булочка з корицею.
І мені дуже сподобались їхні взаємодії - від діалогів до сцен 18+.
Дуже тепла і цікава історія. Я навіть не думала, що мені настільки зайде.
Мені дуже сподобалось🤌🏼
Буркотливий та серйозний орк-науковець, який звик ставити роботу на перше місце, і вирішив знайти собі покірну і тиху дружину, яка вела б його господарство та зігрівала його ліжко, бо він вже давно змирився з тим, що ніхто не захоче бути з ним заради нього самого.
І впевнена в собі, сонячна та говірка жінка, яка налаштована зблизитись зі своїм чоловіком та перетворити цей бутафорський шлюб на справжній.
Те, як Іна відстоювала себе і свої бажання, як використувала свій розум, навички і життєрадісність проти свого чоловіка😅 і намагалась достукатись до його холодного серця; як відмовлялась здаватись після милих і красивих жестів, бо хотіла значно більшого. Вона просто slay💅🏼
Лундарк теж мілаха. Хоч він і дуже grumpy, але насправді він просто булочка з корицею.
І мені дуже сподобались їхні взаємодії - від діалогів до сцен 18+.
Дуже тепла і цікава історія. Я навіть не думала, що мені настільки зайде.
May 28, 2024
A 16-inch wiener, you say???...
It didn't matter.
it's connected to a gigantic green dick..
He didn't deserve her.
I liked the epilogue tho.
It didn't matter.
it's connected to a gigantic green dick..
He didn't deserve her.
I liked the epilogue tho.
July 17, 2025
3-3.5 stars
This was a sweet and low angst monster romance novella. If you love the tropes grumpy + sunshine and opposites attract, you will eat this one up. Ina was a little too manic pixie for me at times, but it was still fun to see her unravel Lundark. I loved that he studied so he would know how to pleasure her (gotta love a man who’s prepared!) Logistically, I don’t think 16” (yup, sixteen) would work, but again, magic oil/lube to the rescue! A fun and quick read!
This was a sweet and low angst monster romance novella. If you love the tropes grumpy + sunshine and opposites attract, you will eat this one up. Ina was a little too manic pixie for me at times, but it was still fun to see her unravel Lundark. I loved that he studied so he would know how to pleasure her (gotta love a man who’s prepared!) Logistically, I don’t think 16” (yup, sixteen) would work, but again, magic oil/lube to the rescue! A fun and quick read!
June 11, 2024
the angst was too gewd !! i’ll always love it when the fmc distances herself from the mmc and when he notices he starts to go FERAL. just chef’s kiss.
December 4, 2025
This was fun! Even better, my library had the audio! Win/win for me!!!
Lundark (scientist, Orc) wants a wife…. but he wants her on his terms….
Ina (virgin, human) is so very excited to meet her new husband and she’s determined to be the best wife in the world! Sadly for her, her big dumb green Orc husband is only interested in his studies.
When Ina gives Lundark what he asks for, he realizes it wasn’t really what he wanted at all. Once he realizes his wife is always right, our couple live HEA.
SEX: I seriously wish Layla Fae would include more sex in her books. They are severely lacking in that aspect. This book is super short, and their first time is at 35%, and that’s the only time. They have an oral session towards the end, but damn I could have used some more D.
AUDIO: Pleasantly surprised my library had the audio. Both Veronica Fox and Ryan Stone did an amazing job on the narration. I think it made the book even more enjoyable.
It doesn’t have the romance of Wed to the Lich, or the humor of Wed to Jack Frost, but it’s still an enjoyable read and I would recommend it for a cleanse between intense reads.
It hit me like a punch, the impact of her gaze, and I realized how I had missed the simple fact of just being seen by her. I fought to put myself back under control. But it was impossible. I wanted her, and if she’d turned to me at that moment and demanded anything, I would have laid the world at her feet and taken her to bed.
Lundark (scientist, Orc) wants a wife…. but he wants her on his terms….
“You are not interested in companionship? In having your hearth and home kept? In fathering offspring? What is it you are interested in, then?”
“Intercourse,”
Ina (virgin, human) is so very excited to meet her new husband and she’s determined to be the best wife in the world! Sadly for her, her big dumb green Orc husband is only interested in his studies.
I would build immunity to her, I decided. The marriage was consummated, and there was no need to bed her anymore, so I wouldn’t. Maybe later, when I was in control, I would allow myself the periodic release. After all, that was the only reason I had married.
When Ina gives Lundark what he asks for, he realizes it wasn’t really what he wanted at all. Once he realizes his wife is always right, our couple live HEA.
“I’m starving for you. Please, let me have you, Ina. I was such an idiot, I won’t waste another day.”
SEX: I seriously wish Layla Fae would include more sex in her books. They are severely lacking in that aspect. This book is super short, and their first time is at 35%, and that’s the only time. They have an oral session towards the end, but damn I could have used some more D.
AUDIO: Pleasantly surprised my library had the audio. Both Veronica Fox and Ryan Stone did an amazing job on the narration. I think it made the book even more enjoyable.
It doesn’t have the romance of Wed to the Lich, or the humor of Wed to Jack Frost, but it’s still an enjoyable read and I would recommend it for a cleanse between intense reads.
October 9, 2023
This was a great time. I loved the grumpy and analytical Orc and the sunshine, feisty heroine. I really liked how she tried to give him just what he wanted in order for him to realize what he needed. She waited for him to wake up and realize there was more to life than his lab.
Oh, and the size difference was insane!!!
“The oil is remarkable.” Lundark’s low voice came in through the buzzing in my ears. “You can take up to eight inches normally, you know. Yet now, you’re taking all sixteen.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶
Oh, and the size difference was insane!!!
“The oil is remarkable.” Lundark’s low voice came in through the buzzing in my ears. “You can take up to eight inches normally, you know. Yet now, you’re taking all sixteen.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶
December 29, 2024
I want a nerdy grumpy orc as my husband who can’t stand it when he smells me in his space and lets me crush his hand in labor and cries big fat tears when we have a baby girl. When is it my turnnnn
November 9, 2023
Trigger warning or content warning? Nope!
MMC screams at the FMC because she used the wrong flowers to decorate the kitchen. MMC breaks a chair in a rage when he thinks the FMC is cheating on him.
Details?
Only human virgins can put forth their DNA to find a monster match, so the FMC is a virgin and the MMC is not a virgin.
MMC has courted three other women (orcs) but it did not work out.
MMC is an extremely jealous being. No reason to be.
My thoughts?
Content warning- I have harsh thoughts and will be expressing them.
I deeply dislike the MMC of this book.
He comes into the temple with the idea that he only wants a wife for a consistent bed partner. No love. No companionship. Just sex. When the priestess points out that his wife is not a prostitute he argues when her that with a prostitute you pay multiple times when with his wife he only pays once. That is his only argument to why he is not treating his wife like a prostitute.
He is shallow when it comes to how he perceives the FMC. He assumes she is “barely literate” and then tells himself that it should be fine because he “doesn’t need her for conversation, after all”. He goes on to think that he can’t allow her to stay ignorant.
When he assumes(!!!!!!) that she is cheating on him with the bread-man from town he goes into a rage and breaks his chair. This is not the first time that he has raged at his wife, when she used a medicinal herb as flowers (she thought they were his favourite because they were well taken care of in the garden) he screamed at her. She is in the middle of apologizing and he screams “you should be!”.
He is without a doubt a dickhead. I did not like how he treated his wife. I did not like how he seen her as a glorified sex toy. It was not a good first impression of him.
Now, if you like (no judgement) men that are assholes then this novella is right up your ally. He is an asshole for the majority of the book and then “redeems” himself at the end. The epilogues are 6 months out and then 5 years later. In the second epilogue the FMC is giving birth.
MMC screams at the FMC because she used the wrong flowers to decorate the kitchen. MMC breaks a chair in a rage when he thinks the FMC is cheating on him.
Details?
Only human virgins can put forth their DNA to find a monster match, so the FMC is a virgin and the MMC is not a virgin.
MMC has courted three other women (orcs) but it did not work out.
MMC is an extremely jealous being. No reason to be.
My thoughts?
Content warning- I have harsh thoughts and will be expressing them.
I deeply dislike the MMC of this book.
He comes into the temple with the idea that he only wants a wife for a consistent bed partner. No love. No companionship. Just sex. When the priestess points out that his wife is not a prostitute he argues when her that with a prostitute you pay multiple times when with his wife he only pays once. That is his only argument to why he is not treating his wife like a prostitute.
He is shallow when it comes to how he perceives the FMC. He assumes she is “barely literate” and then tells himself that it should be fine because he “doesn’t need her for conversation, after all”. He goes on to think that he can’t allow her to stay ignorant.
When he assumes(!!!!!!) that she is cheating on him with the bread-man from town he goes into a rage and breaks his chair. This is not the first time that he has raged at his wife, when she used a medicinal herb as flowers (she thought they were his favourite because they were well taken care of in the garden) he screamed at her. She is in the middle of apologizing and he screams “you should be!”.
He is without a doubt a dickhead. I did not like how he treated his wife. I did not like how he seen her as a glorified sex toy. It was not a good first impression of him.
Now, if you like (no judgement) men that are assholes then this novella is right up your ally. He is an asshole for the majority of the book and then “redeems” himself at the end. The epilogues are 6 months out and then 5 years later. In the second epilogue the FMC is giving birth.
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August 1, 2025
This was pleasant, quick read with some funny banter, determined lady to make her husband smile and one grumpy Orc. I cannot say that it was fabulous, but it was not bad for sure. I do enjoy these short monster - romance stories.
December 26, 2023
Absolutely not
October 24, 2024
The way Lundark tries to be a total ass but Ina gives it right back to him, which just irritates him even more. 😂☠️
orc/human
arranged marriage
grumpy/sunshine
orc/human
arranged marriage
grumpy/sunshine
January 16, 2025
Don't mind me just reading little books to pass the time before onyx storm
October 6, 2023
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/6.
🌶️🌶️/5.
This was very enjoyable!
I loved Ina. She has a strong personality and she didn’t let her grumpy orc of a husband bring her down. She taught him a lesson in a way she knew how and she waited until he came to his senses.
I loved these two.
🌶️🌶️/5.
This was very enjoyable!
I loved Ina. She has a strong personality and she didn’t let her grumpy orc of a husband bring her down. She taught him a lesson in a way she knew how and she waited until he came to his senses.
I loved these two.
January 1, 2025
I didn't expect ORC smut to have my heart hurting for the leads, but here we are! This was so sweet, and had depth, banter and genuine caring, along with delicious spice. I know monster romance gets the rep of being poorly written or all smut, but this was actually genuinely well done, with characters that I cared about and was invested in. Looks like I'm going to read every book by this author in this multi-author series.
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