Pursued by the Orc

Krusk has battled frost giants, wrestled ogres, and spent his life in Hellplane surviving with his bare hands—but nothing has tested his courage quite like finding his fated mate.

As one of the newest members of his clan, he’s watched everyone else fall in love and settle down while fate keeps him waiting. Until he meets her.

Emma is human, overworked, and barely holding it together. Between four jobs, a scheming uncle who stole her inheritance, and bills stacking higher than her yoga mats, romance isn’t on the menu. Especially not with the enormous, tusked mountain of a male who keeps showing up everywhere.

From her restaurant shifts to her yoga class (where he can’t touch his toes) to “walking” his brother’s mountain toad, Krusk is determined to prove he’s not stalking her—he’s helping. Sort of. Mostly. Maybe.

But when Emma’s crooked uncle’s dealings put her in real danger, Krusk steps out of the friend zone and into battle mode. Now he just has to convince her that he’s not only the orc who can protect her heart—but the one who already holds it.

A story of fate, found family, and one very determined orc who believes love is worth every ridiculous plan.