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Cider, Spice & Orcish Nights
The grumpiest orc in Harvest Hollow just became my husband… and it’s entirely my fault.
I’m a baker with a ticking clock, an orchard to save, and a best friend who thinks marrying the town’s scowliest lumberjack is “practically fate.”
It’s supposed to be pretend — just long enough to keep the land out of my slimy cousin’s hands.
But Thornak Ironjaw keeps showing up early to fix my porch railing.
Keeps carrying cider barrels like they’re featherlight.
Keeps looking at me like I’m more than a convenience… like I’m his.
Now autumn is slipping toward winter, the orchard smells like cinnamon and woodsmoke, and my fake husband is in my bed, his big hands cupping my waist like I’m something worth keeping.
The problem? I don’t want to stop pretending.
Read on for fake marriage deadlines, grumpy-orc obsession, autumn spice steam, and a sunshine baker who’s tired of playing make-believe. HEA Guaranteed!
I’m a baker with a ticking clock, an orchard to save, and a best friend who thinks marrying the town’s scowliest lumberjack is “practically fate.”
It’s supposed to be pretend — just long enough to keep the land out of my slimy cousin’s hands.
But Thornak Ironjaw keeps showing up early to fix my porch railing.
Keeps carrying cider barrels like they’re featherlight.
Keeps looking at me like I’m more than a convenience… like I’m his.
Now autumn is slipping toward winter, the orchard smells like cinnamon and woodsmoke, and my fake husband is in my bed, his big hands cupping my waist like I’m something worth keeping.
The problem? I don’t want to stop pretending.
Read on for fake marriage deadlines, grumpy-orc obsession, autumn spice steam, and a sunshine baker who’s tired of playing make-believe. HEA Guaranteed!
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Published September 4, 2025
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October 15, 2025
I wanted to LOVE this book. A Sweet, spicy, orcish fall story?? Uhm... YES. Except....it was all over the place.
I think it's best if I just list my random thoughts throughout reading this book.
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* Less than one month timeline for marriage. okay.
*Best friend elf randomly shows up when mentioned, gives a "malicious smirk" when it should have probably been a mischievous smirk, then exits almost right away.
*"She let out a mischievous shriek" when she throws leaves at him. How is a shriek mischievous, and why would you shriek as you throw something AT another person?
*How did she bend over to pick up leaves when her arms were full with her baskets? Why are the baskets never mentioned again?
*The confusion of where the bakery is, vs where the orchard is...how close/far are they? They seem to be interchangeable at times. Are they in the same place?!?!
*Miscommunication was confusing. Why would he be upset that she wants to believe it's real? I'm so confused.
*The timeline is too vague. How much time is actually passing? What is happening?!?!
*How does the friend who is never there know how he looks at her?
*13 weeks of starvation?? Months of teasing??? Wasn't it early October when this book started?? What is happening?
* Why is he suddenly concerned about the size difference...they already had sexy times once before. Right??
*So much cider drinking.
*Wasn't there a time limit?? They had to be married before Halloween, now it's almost winter??
*The estate lawyer never came back.
*Time apparently means nothing.
*Oh look, it's a year later apparently.
I think it's best if I just list my random thoughts throughout reading this book.
Spoilers:
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* Less than one month timeline for marriage. okay.
*Best friend elf randomly shows up when mentioned, gives a "malicious smirk" when it should have probably been a mischievous smirk, then exits almost right away.
*"She let out a mischievous shriek" when she throws leaves at him. How is a shriek mischievous, and why would you shriek as you throw something AT another person?
*How did she bend over to pick up leaves when her arms were full with her baskets? Why are the baskets never mentioned again?
*The confusion of where the bakery is, vs where the orchard is...how close/far are they? They seem to be interchangeable at times. Are they in the same place?!?!
*Miscommunication was confusing. Why would he be upset that she wants to believe it's real? I'm so confused.
*The timeline is too vague. How much time is actually passing? What is happening?!?!
*How does the friend who is never there know how he looks at her?
*13 weeks of starvation?? Months of teasing??? Wasn't it early October when this book started?? What is happening?
* Why is he suddenly concerned about the size difference...they already had sexy times once before. Right??
*So much cider drinking.
*Wasn't there a time limit?? They had to be married before Halloween, now it's almost winter??
*The estate lawyer never came back.
*Time apparently means nothing.
*Oh look, it's a year later apparently.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 4, 2025
Listen don’t judge me.
October 19, 2025
Parts of this were so cute and sweet but I started to question if AI was involved in this because there were weird inconsistencies. Is that possible? Is that how that works? Is Zora Black a real person? 🙃 🤷🏼♀️
November 22, 2025
I swear this book is written by AI.
November 3, 2025
Autumn vibes? Impeccable. Everything else? Ehhhh not good.
I am not one to skim but when I lost count of the inconsistencies, I just had to.
Book starts early Oct. Must be married by Oct 31. Apparently have 13 weeks of the “breakup” period where they are apart. Mentions it’s November. Married a few chapters later. Ok, so I guess that marriage clause was nothing, then.
Also, y’all already banged once. Why do you have to warn her about the size difference??
Must be nice to have a best friend who magically appears right when you need to speak a sentence to her.
It just felt very disjointed. The mutual “pulling away bc I’m afraid” thing was wayyy too drawn out.
I’m just. Ugh. So disappointed. Seriously the autumn vibes were SO GOOD. But literally everything else about it was just continuity error after continuity error. Plot nonexistent. Drama cheap and shallow.
I have no proof, but as others have mentioned, I wouldn’t be surprised if AI “helped” write this. The cover certainly is AI, which I was hoping I could overlook. :(
I am not one to skim but when I lost count of the inconsistencies, I just had to.
Book starts early Oct. Must be married by Oct 31. Apparently have 13 weeks of the “breakup” period where they are apart. Mentions it’s November. Married a few chapters later. Ok, so I guess that marriage clause was nothing, then.
Also, y’all already banged once. Why do you have to warn her about the size difference??
Must be nice to have a best friend who magically appears right when you need to speak a sentence to her.
It just felt very disjointed. The mutual “pulling away bc I’m afraid” thing was wayyy too drawn out.
I’m just. Ugh. So disappointed. Seriously the autumn vibes were SO GOOD. But literally everything else about it was just continuity error after continuity error. Plot nonexistent. Drama cheap and shallow.
I have no proof, but as others have mentioned, I wouldn’t be surprised if AI “helped” write this. The cover certainly is AI, which I was hoping I could overlook. :(
October 23, 2025
The story was cute but this feels like it was written with AI. There are SO many continuity errors. The town somehow has FOUR festivals in a single month??? There were references to things that didn’t happen and several scenes were basically repeated but with a little different wording.
November 14, 2025
Writing made me DNF
Feels like this was written by AI - every sentence felt forced and the tropes were way over the top.
Feels like this was written by AI - every sentence felt forced and the tropes were way over the top.
September 19, 2025
so I liked this, it's a super sweet, cozy fall hug type of book. that said, the individual characters annoyed the heck out of me and it needed more smut IMO. These two together made me want to smack them both.
Maddie the human kind of comes across as a manic pixie dream girl type character - super clumsy, quirky, sweet to a fault and "adorkable". it just got to the point that I was like? for real, can she not do anything without falling over or being aggressively exuberant and bubbly??
Then we have Thornak who I loved at first but drove me up the wall throughout the book. This orc CANNOT seem to believe that Maddie likes him and is constantly pushing her away, even when they get together. he's got SUCH low self esteem. plus he almost ruins their whole relationship because he heard two bitchy elves gossiping about her and just decided Maddie would be over him and chose someone else.... then he's late to the wedding, makes her cry and the part at the end where he's all "promise you'll keep chasing me when I run off bc I don't feel worthy" and she giggles like an airhead and agrees?
nah
I would have liked to see some actual growth from him and for him to take responsibility for his trauma and actions.
Maddie the human kind of comes across as a manic pixie dream girl type character - super clumsy, quirky, sweet to a fault and "adorkable". it just got to the point that I was like? for real, can she not do anything without falling over or being aggressively exuberant and bubbly??
Then we have Thornak who I loved at first but drove me up the wall throughout the book. This orc CANNOT seem to believe that Maddie likes him and is constantly pushing her away, even when they get together. he's got SUCH low self esteem. plus he almost ruins their whole relationship because he heard two bitchy elves gossiping about her and just decided Maddie would be over him and chose someone else.... then he's late to the wedding, makes her cry and the part at the end where he's all "promise you'll keep chasing me when I run off bc I don't feel worthy" and she giggles like an airhead and agrees?
nah
I would have liked to see some actual growth from him and for him to take responsibility for his trauma and actions.
September 13, 2025
"I just… I can’t stand the idea of losing that orchard. Aunt Hester spent her life turning that place into magic, and it’s all tied up with everything I love… I don’t want to see it bulldozed by some smug elf in fancy loafers who thinks ‘rustic charm’ means imported birch paneling.”
“Then you won’t. Because you’ll find a way, Maddie Quinn. Even if it means roping in a grumpy orc and feeding him tarts until he says ‘I do.’”
...For the first time, the dream I’ve been nurturing since I was a flour-dusted girl in Aunt Hester’s kitchen doesn’t feel like a guarantee. It feels fragile. Like it could slip right through my fingers, no matter how hard I try to hold on.
And that terrifies me.'
I loved this book. It was such a sweet, grumpy/sunshine romance. And I've always loved the fake relationship trope and seeing pretend feelings turn real. Great world building and wonderful characters. I loved both Maddie and Thornak. She has less than a month to get married or lose her orchard, land, and farmhouse to her cousin, who would undoubtedly tear it all down and use the land to build overpriced vacation cottages. She'll do whatever it takes to keep it.
Honestly, Maddie and her aunt were close, and she's worked in her kitchen and dreamed of running it since she was a little girl. Why her aunt would put a stipulation like that in her will, forcing Maddie to marry someone- with such a short time period, ANYONE- to keep her inheritance or lose it to another relative who would destroy all the love and care she herself put into it boggled my mind. But it brought Thornak and Maddie together, so I can't complain beyond that.
Thornak has his own problems with land developers. I liked that he wasn't secretly enamored with Maddie from the start. He was very grumpy, a bit of a chip on his shoulder.
"People see tusks, scars, green skin, they make up their minds real quick. Doesn’t matter how many toys I carve for the village brats or how careful I take down a tree so the undergrowth doesn’t choke. At the end of the day, I’m just a brute in their eyes. And you? You’re the sunniest damn thing in this valley. No sense ruining yourself by tying even a fake knot with the likes of me.”
But he'll die to protect his forest lands, and since her orchard neighbors it, the proposal is mutually beneficial and they'll stand stronger together against the land developers. These two were seriously adorable together. I loved how sweet and cheerful her personality was; it was so warm you could feel it. And it wasn't long before she was wearing down his walls and into his heart.
I also loved her friend Liora. She was equally as cheerful- just louder and more teasing. And completely supportive of these two.
I really loved this book- it was such a fun romance. I would love to hear it in audio someday. My dream picks: Tor Thom would be perfect for Thornak, and Ellie Sonali would make a great Maddie. 5 stars
P.S.- I love the cover of this book and the overall cozy feel to it.
“Then you won’t. Because you’ll find a way, Maddie Quinn. Even if it means roping in a grumpy orc and feeding him tarts until he says ‘I do.’”
...For the first time, the dream I’ve been nurturing since I was a flour-dusted girl in Aunt Hester’s kitchen doesn’t feel like a guarantee. It feels fragile. Like it could slip right through my fingers, no matter how hard I try to hold on.
And that terrifies me.'
I loved this book. It was such a sweet, grumpy/sunshine romance. And I've always loved the fake relationship trope and seeing pretend feelings turn real. Great world building and wonderful characters. I loved both Maddie and Thornak. She has less than a month to get married or lose her orchard, land, and farmhouse to her cousin, who would undoubtedly tear it all down and use the land to build overpriced vacation cottages. She'll do whatever it takes to keep it.
Honestly, Maddie and her aunt were close, and she's worked in her kitchen and dreamed of running it since she was a little girl. Why her aunt would put a stipulation like that in her will, forcing Maddie to marry someone- with such a short time period, ANYONE- to keep her inheritance or lose it to another relative who would destroy all the love and care she herself put into it boggled my mind. But it brought Thornak and Maddie together, so I can't complain beyond that.
Thornak has his own problems with land developers. I liked that he wasn't secretly enamored with Maddie from the start. He was very grumpy, a bit of a chip on his shoulder.
"People see tusks, scars, green skin, they make up their minds real quick. Doesn’t matter how many toys I carve for the village brats or how careful I take down a tree so the undergrowth doesn’t choke. At the end of the day, I’m just a brute in their eyes. And you? You’re the sunniest damn thing in this valley. No sense ruining yourself by tying even a fake knot with the likes of me.”
But he'll die to protect his forest lands, and since her orchard neighbors it, the proposal is mutually beneficial and they'll stand stronger together against the land developers. These two were seriously adorable together. I loved how sweet and cheerful her personality was; it was so warm you could feel it. And it wasn't long before she was wearing down his walls and into his heart.
I also loved her friend Liora. She was equally as cheerful- just louder and more teasing. And completely supportive of these two.
I really loved this book- it was such a fun romance. I would love to hear it in audio someday. My dream picks: Tor Thom would be perfect for Thornak, and Ellie Sonali would make a great Maddie. 5 stars
P.S.- I love the cover of this book and the overall cozy feel to it.
December 16, 2025
You get mad negative points for the shitty ass smut! Within twenty lines, yes twenty I counted—Maddie goes from palming his dick to you know coerce him to touch her to him sucking on her clit. The lack of details are astounding. Like I want to know where their hands are, the little seconds in between.
Here—you guys should see for yourselves.
“Thornak.” I palm the thick outline of his cock straining against his trousers, swallowing his choked groan. His hips jerk, the mattress groaning. “Still worried you’ll break me?”
He seizes my wrist, breath sawing. “You don’t know what I—”
I stretch up to lick the seam of his lips. “Show me.”
He splinters.
His mouth crashes into mine, all hunger and hesitation shattered. Large hands rip fabric—his own shirt buttons pinging against the wall—as I work his belt loose. My borrowed sleep shirt tears at the collar when he drags it off, his growl vibrating against my breastbone.
“Fuck. Fuck.” His tongue swirls around a nipple, teeth grazing just shy of pain. “You like this?”
“Yesss—”
He pins my hips, kneeling between my thighs. His knuckles brush my inner thigh, rough and deliberate. “Tell me. Now.”
I fist the sheets. “Your mouth. Please.”
A dark chuckle. His stubble rasps down my stomach, tongue dipping into my navel. “Demanding.”
“Learned from the best—” The words dissolve into a gasp as his lips close over my clit. Two fingers slide into me,”
Like what do you MEANNNNNNNN like you just woke up I know that little lick on ur clit did not make you wet. This book is 190 pages, I expect better smut.
Maddie gets extra cool points though for her great responses afterwards
Here—you guys should see for yourselves.
“Thornak.” I palm the thick outline of his cock straining against his trousers, swallowing his choked groan. His hips jerk, the mattress groaning. “Still worried you’ll break me?”
He seizes my wrist, breath sawing. “You don’t know what I—”
I stretch up to lick the seam of his lips. “Show me.”
He splinters.
His mouth crashes into mine, all hunger and hesitation shattered. Large hands rip fabric—his own shirt buttons pinging against the wall—as I work his belt loose. My borrowed sleep shirt tears at the collar when he drags it off, his growl vibrating against my breastbone.
“Fuck. Fuck.” His tongue swirls around a nipple, teeth grazing just shy of pain. “You like this?”
“Yesss—”
He pins my hips, kneeling between my thighs. His knuckles brush my inner thigh, rough and deliberate. “Tell me. Now.”
I fist the sheets. “Your mouth. Please.”
A dark chuckle. His stubble rasps down my stomach, tongue dipping into my navel. “Demanding.”
“Learned from the best—” The words dissolve into a gasp as his lips close over my clit. Two fingers slide into me,”
Like what do you MEANNNNNNNN like you just woke up I know that little lick on ur clit did not make you wet. This book is 190 pages, I expect better smut.
Maddie gets extra cool points though for her great responses afterwards
October 24, 2025
4 fabulous🌟's Cider, Spice and Orcish Nights🔥🌟💖
This was a lovely tale that will warn you up on a chilly fall night. Maddie is a baker who has inherited her aunts orchard. But before she can claim it she must marry before the end of October. Thornak, is a huge Orc, a true gentle giant he's been watching Maddie for months. Wanting something he doesn't think k he can have because he's tough and rough around the edges as well as a certified grump. Both of them want to preserve there land so they decide to marry and as they court what started out as a mutually beneficial contract become a real solid relationship that both fear losing. Can Thornak and Maddie break down the barriers around their hearts and a dept the love they've found or will they let fear of the unknown and town gossip ruin what they have? You'll need to read and find out. Its worth it is such a good heart warming story and the banter between the both of then is funny and sweet. Great book!💖🌟🔥🌟🔥💖🌟🔥🌟💖🔥💖🌟🔥💖🌟
This was a lovely tale that will warn you up on a chilly fall night. Maddie is a baker who has inherited her aunts orchard. But before she can claim it she must marry before the end of October. Thornak, is a huge Orc, a true gentle giant he's been watching Maddie for months. Wanting something he doesn't think k he can have because he's tough and rough around the edges as well as a certified grump. Both of them want to preserve there land so they decide to marry and as they court what started out as a mutually beneficial contract become a real solid relationship that both fear losing. Can Thornak and Maddie break down the barriers around their hearts and a dept the love they've found or will they let fear of the unknown and town gossip ruin what they have? You'll need to read and find out. Its worth it is such a good heart warming story and the banter between the both of then is funny and sweet. Great book!💖🌟🔥🌟🔥💖🌟🔥🌟💖🔥💖🌟🔥💖🌟
September 6, 2025
Maddie lives in Harvest Hollow and is tryng to back. Her dough isn't rising. DRAT!!She is bustling about tending to her customers when an obnoxious lawyer arrives. He explains the stipulations to her late aunt's will. She needs to be married by Oct 30 to inherit the property her aunt left her or it goes to her sleazy cousin. WAIT! WHAT!!!??
Thornak a giant orc lumberjack who is considered grumpy and taciturn. But he has the soul of a teddy bear.
Maddie has to find a husband to keep the wolves (cousin) at bay. Meanwhile Thornak is refusing the offers from buyers for his forest property. Then one evening the little human female comes to him with a very unusual offer with caveats.
Thus begins the dance that may start something that may end well or badly. Depends on your point of view. So readers come along on a journey that has a few giggles but a little bit of danger and maybe some romance thrown in.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Thornak a giant orc lumberjack who is considered grumpy and taciturn. But he has the soul of a teddy bear.
Maddie has to find a husband to keep the wolves (cousin) at bay. Meanwhile Thornak is refusing the offers from buyers for his forest property. Then one evening the little human female comes to him with a very unusual offer with caveats.
Thus begins the dance that may start something that may end well or badly. Depends on your point of view. So readers come along on a journey that has a few giggles but a little bit of danger and maybe some romance thrown in.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
November 26, 2025
Cider, Spice, & Orcish Nights is the definition of an autumn comfort read. It's swoony, warm, and best enjoyed under a blanket with something cinnamon-flavored nearby.
Thornak and Maddie have that classic grumpy/sunshine chemistry I can’t resist, and Thornak is exactly the kind of hidden-soft cinnamon roll MMC that steals the entire show. Their fake-marriage setup is sweet, playful, and full of tender moments that melt into something real fast.
I do wish the “deadline” and the threat of developers were more present rather than just lightly referenced, as the stakes felt a bit too distant at times. Still, the romance delivers beautifully, and the spice level matched the pacing and the cozy tone perfectly.
A lovely fall romance that's heartwarming, woodsmoky, and full of orchard magic. I’d happily return to Harvest Hollow for more.
Thornak and Maddie have that classic grumpy/sunshine chemistry I can’t resist, and Thornak is exactly the kind of hidden-soft cinnamon roll MMC that steals the entire show. Their fake-marriage setup is sweet, playful, and full of tender moments that melt into something real fast.
I do wish the “deadline” and the threat of developers were more present rather than just lightly referenced, as the stakes felt a bit too distant at times. Still, the romance delivers beautifully, and the spice level matched the pacing and the cozy tone perfectly.
A lovely fall romance that's heartwarming, woodsmoky, and full of orchard magic. I’d happily return to Harvest Hollow for more.
September 29, 2025
SWEET STORY!
Sometimes it's a nice change to read ‘just a love story’ without fighting and rescuing the heroine. Maggie is the kind of person you'd want as a friend and Zora wrote her very well. Thornak is different from other orcs I've read in other books. He has some thick walls surrounding his heart but Maggie is stubborn and doesn't give up on him.
I will admit I was confused between her home and the bakery in town. The bakery would be mentioned at her home and she could look out at the orchards.
I noticed that Maggie’s hair is curly but it wasn’t on the cover. I try and visualize their look from the book and if the cover is different it throws me off. But I sure loved the cardigan on the cover.
Sometimes it's a nice change to read ‘just a love story’ without fighting and rescuing the heroine. Maggie is the kind of person you'd want as a friend and Zora wrote her very well. Thornak is different from other orcs I've read in other books. He has some thick walls surrounding his heart but Maggie is stubborn and doesn't give up on him.
I will admit I was confused between her home and the bakery in town. The bakery would be mentioned at her home and she could look out at the orchards.
I noticed that Maggie’s hair is curly but it wasn’t on the cover. I try and visualize their look from the book and if the cover is different it throws me off. But I sure loved the cardigan on the cover.
September 4, 2025
Love Zora's Orc tales and this shorty was just a great perk me up. :D Maddie is in need of help. Her cousin wants the land she's on, an Orchard that provide apples for Cider and her baking. She enlists the help of Thornak, a big burly Orc to pretend to be her husband. But... it ends up being so much more. Loved Maddie's acceptance and allowing a real relationship to grow.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
September 20, 2025
An Orc Romance
It was supposed to be a marriage of convenience to save her bakery, the orchard and his forest from developers. But as they got to know each other, feelings started to develop between them. He had to overcome feelings of insecurity and she had to face her doubts. Once that happened, they got their HEA.
It was supposed to be a marriage of convenience to save her bakery, the orchard and his forest from developers. But as they got to know each other, feelings started to develop between them. He had to overcome feelings of insecurity and she had to face her doubts. Once that happened, they got their HEA.
September 30, 2025
So heartwarming!
I loved their story, and the slow build up in the way they feel about being together. Thornak has a hard time believing that he deserves to have someone, especially not the little Human woman who is Sunshine on two legs. They go through some doubt, and days apart due to self doubt, but they do have their HEA ending. Trish. A
I loved their story, and the slow build up in the way they feel about being together. Thornak has a hard time believing that he deserves to have someone, especially not the little Human woman who is Sunshine on two legs. They go through some doubt, and days apart due to self doubt, but they do have their HEA ending. Trish. A
November 2, 2025
Beautiful
You know the trope, pretend marriage but fall in love. I thought this book was going to be predictable. I cried it was such a precious story. I just lost my husband of 51 years, and it felt so real the big brute and the Baker. I miss making treats for him. I want to do it all over again. Thank you for this beautiful story and the memories.
You know the trope, pretend marriage but fall in love. I thought this book was going to be predictable. I cried it was such a precious story. I just lost my husband of 51 years, and it felt so real the big brute and the Baker. I miss making treats for him. I want to do it all over again. Thank you for this beautiful story and the memories.
December 2, 2025
Between the repetitive scenes with slightly different wording, the non-stop use of the words grumpy and sunshine, random nicknames thrown in that don’t connect to the story, massive plot inconsistencies, and just general buzzword writing, I would bet money that this was written by, or at least assisted by, AI. DNF at 60%.
September 4, 2025
The author has given us a wonderful story that pulls us into the lives of Maddie and Thornak. The story keeps us turning the pages with a fake marriage contract, connection, insecurities, fears and steam.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
September 20, 2025
Cider, Spice & Orcish Nights
This was a really great story. The phrase fun and very entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed the Orc and the baker falling in love. This was a delightful read.
This was a really great story. The phrase fun and very entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed the Orc and the baker falling in love. This was a delightful read.
October 15, 2025
Maddie and Thornak
This is a very good, well written, Monster/Human romance. The story is light and sweet about how love starts between a baker and a wood cutting Orc. There are a few bumps along the way but love preservers.
This is a very good, well written, Monster/Human romance. The story is light and sweet about how love starts between a baker and a wood cutting Orc. There are a few bumps along the way but love preservers.
October 25, 2025
Love story
Dette er en kjærlighet historie om to voksne, med livserfaring, som finner hverandre. Sårbarhet, våge å tro og handle i møte med kjærlighet som oppstår.
Måtte lese hele boka, den engasjerte mine følelser, tårer og latter.
Dette er en kjærlighet historie om to voksne, med livserfaring, som finner hverandre. Sårbarhet, våge å tro og handle i møte med kjærlighet som oppstår.
Måtte lese hele boka, den engasjerte mine følelser, tårer og latter.
October 31, 2025
Absolutely beautiful!!!!
I couldn't put this book down!! Pulls you right in at the first page!! I really hope for a second one!! I love Maddie and Thornak!! They are lovely! Kept me on my toes and my emotions everywhere!
I couldn't put this book down!! Pulls you right in at the first page!! I really hope for a second one!! I love Maddie and Thornak!! They are lovely! Kept me on my toes and my emotions everywhere!
November 8, 2025
Sweet and Satisfying
Lovely romance about a baker and an Orc who marry to protect their property from developers by fall in love for real.
This is a story you will read again and again. It is romantic with perfect spicey times too. Enjoy!
Lovely romance about a baker and an Orc who marry to protect their property from developers by fall in love for real.
This is a story you will read again and again. It is romantic with perfect spicey times too. Enjoy!
November 14, 2025
Romantic, sweet and spicy. Just like the cider they kept talking about. This book was so romantic and spicy enough to make it perfectly great. Another book that made me blush with all the words that, that grumpy Orc kept saying!
Loved it!
Loved it!
September 5, 2025
sooo good!
Five stars! Such a sweet fall read! These two are adorable. You get all the feels. All the smut. All the love.
Five stars! Such a sweet fall read! These two are adorable. You get all the feels. All the smut. All the love.
September 11, 2025
great book, Cider, Spice & Orcish Nights
This book has it all. Great humor, a wonderful male lead with real life wisdom and worries. Need a series for the town, with more orcs!
This book has it all. Great humor, a wonderful male lead with real life wisdom and worries. Need a series for the town, with more orcs!
September 18, 2025
This book really warmed my heart. A grumpy, lonely orc and a bubbly girl needing each other and ending up HEA... Zora Black is my new favorite author and I can't wait to read more of her books.
September 29, 2025
New kind of romance.
Short, but entertaining. I will look for more from this Author. I hope she doesn't disappoint us with the next one.
Short, but entertaining. I will look for more from this Author. I hope she doesn't disappoint us with the next one.
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