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The Shadow Orc's Bride: An Orc Fantasy Romance
He was sent to kill her.
Instead, he claimed her.
When a shadow-orc assassin slips into Queen Eliza Ducanis’s chambers under the cover of his deadly magic, she expects a silent end. For generations, their kingdoms have been locked in a brutal war, and Rakhal—feared prince of shadows, sworn to wipe out her bloodline—is the sharpest weapon her enemies possess.
But instead of ending her life, he marks her as his.
Now Eliza is trapped in the hands of the orc she has been raised to hate. Forced to walk beside him through a ravaged land shaped by centuries of conflict, she must face the dark pull of his magic… and the far more dangerous pull of the male himself.
Rakhal is her enemy.
Her captor.
The orc who claims her as his bride.
And the one creature powerful enough to destroy her—or change the fate of both their warring realms.
A standalone, full-length enemy-to-lover orc romantasy with no cliffhanger—packed with danger, longing, and shadow-kissed magic.
Instead, he claimed her.
When a shadow-orc assassin slips into Queen Eliza Ducanis’s chambers under the cover of his deadly magic, she expects a silent end. For generations, their kingdoms have been locked in a brutal war, and Rakhal—feared prince of shadows, sworn to wipe out her bloodline—is the sharpest weapon her enemies possess.
But instead of ending her life, he marks her as his.
Now Eliza is trapped in the hands of the orc she has been raised to hate. Forced to walk beside him through a ravaged land shaped by centuries of conflict, she must face the dark pull of his magic… and the far more dangerous pull of the male himself.
Rakhal is her enemy.
Her captor.
The orc who claims her as his bride.
And the one creature powerful enough to destroy her—or change the fate of both their warring realms.
A standalone, full-length enemy-to-lover orc romantasy with no cliffhanger—packed with danger, longing, and shadow-kissed magic.
470 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 14, 2025
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December 12, 2025
Good effort
Styled like a medieval fantasy romance, this will be refreshing to readers looking for something different.
I enjoyed the lack of first person narrative, and how the author tried to give depth to the prose.
Eliza and Rakhal find themselves enemies on different sides of a war, and though we don't know why they fight, they both try to stop a generational war by looking past their differences for the greater good.
Admirable effort by the author to give us insight into their inner thoughts and the evolving desire and mutual respect between the two.
Unfortunately my criticism of the writing is that there just wasn't enough context or foundation laid for the world. There's no context or rationale behind anything, because there's no background, just description of characters thoughts and feelings. Nothing is fleshed out, not motives, not backgrounds or adding dimension to supporting characters. Also, the narrative was a bit clunky, it lacked the fluidity of thought, and came across as scene description.
I do however think it's still worth reading. The steam was very mild and fade to black in some instances, and the focus on character development instead...a nice change from orc romances.
Promising author, just needs a little bit more work. I'm sure there'll be people that enjoy this book though.
Styled like a medieval fantasy romance, this will be refreshing to readers looking for something different.
I enjoyed the lack of first person narrative, and how the author tried to give depth to the prose.
Eliza and Rakhal find themselves enemies on different sides of a war, and though we don't know why they fight, they both try to stop a generational war by looking past their differences for the greater good.
Admirable effort by the author to give us insight into their inner thoughts and the evolving desire and mutual respect between the two.
Unfortunately my criticism of the writing is that there just wasn't enough context or foundation laid for the world. There's no context or rationale behind anything, because there's no background, just description of characters thoughts and feelings. Nothing is fleshed out, not motives, not backgrounds or adding dimension to supporting characters. Also, the narrative was a bit clunky, it lacked the fluidity of thought, and came across as scene description.
I do however think it's still worth reading. The steam was very mild and fade to black in some instances, and the focus on character development instead...a nice change from orc romances.
Promising author, just needs a little bit more work. I'm sure there'll be people that enjoy this book though.
November 21, 2025
A pretty solid book and look at that cover *drool*
Anyways, I went into this thinking we'd get a romance and some good detailed orc smut, unfortunately this is more about the fantasy and story. There were a lot of cool elements and the characters themselves were interesting, but I just didn't get enough heat, enough bonding and enough love. I love a good enemies to lovers but the stakes / animosity between these two doesn't seem to last, they're also barely with each other so there's not a lot of banter or sweet moments. it's also pretty long and after a while I found myself getting a bit bored / slogging through it a bit.
all in all a pretty good read and if you go into it expecting a fantasy book, you may connect with it a lot better.
Anyways, I went into this thinking we'd get a romance and some good detailed orc smut, unfortunately this is more about the fantasy and story. There were a lot of cool elements and the characters themselves were interesting, but I just didn't get enough heat, enough bonding and enough love. I love a good enemies to lovers but the stakes / animosity between these two doesn't seem to last, they're also barely with each other so there's not a lot of banter or sweet moments. it's also pretty long and after a while I found myself getting a bit bored / slogging through it a bit.
all in all a pretty good read and if you go into it expecting a fantasy book, you may connect with it a lot better.
January 12, 2026
Not a fun light read
Closed door romance
Lots of political drama
Very heavy on fantasy and world building
Reminds me of when the moon hatched.
Well written but not my cup of teas. Very flowery language to the point where I didn’t understand half of what happened. It has lots of lore and world building that was just too much. Very little romance and more a a political marriage. Good for people who like lots of world building but not if you are reading for the romance. Very heavy of confusing language.
Closed door romance
Lots of political drama
Very heavy on fantasy and world building
Reminds me of when the moon hatched.
Well written but not my cup of teas. Very flowery language to the point where I didn’t understand half of what happened. It has lots of lore and world building that was just too much. Very little romance and more a a political marriage. Good for people who like lots of world building but not if you are reading for the romance. Very heavy of confusing language.
December 18, 2025
Extensive world
Very extensive world building, the both nations and their culture and history. It actually reminded me of old style fantasy books from the 90ties( Wheel of time and Shannara).There is political intrigue, power and magic. And the constant fight with the magic, that wants to control you and the price of power.
Very extensive world building, the both nations and their culture and history. It actually reminded me of old style fantasy books from the 90ties( Wheel of time and Shannara).There is political intrigue, power and magic. And the constant fight with the magic, that wants to control you and the price of power.
November 30, 2025
It’s a good fantasy book. Just not much romance in it
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