by Finley Fenn
Once, he was her dearest friend? but now he?s a brutal, terrifying monster.In a world of recently warring orcs and men, Ella Riddell is determined to ignore it all. She?s the wealthiest heiress in the realm ? and soon, she?s to wed a lord, and become a real lady.Until the night her engagement-party ends in utter disaster, and Ella runs for the forest ? and straight into the powerful arms of a hulking, deadly orc.And it?s not just any orc. It?s Natt. The orc Ella made a secret, foolish pledge to, many years past?He?s huge and shameless and vicious, not at all the gangly, laughing daredevil Ella remembers. And he?s here with one shocking, scandalous aim: to wreak vengeance on Ella?s betrothed. With her.With her hunger.Her surrender.Her undoing...Ella knows she should run, even if this deadly enemy was once a friend. Even if his scent drags up a dark, forbidden longing. Even if his kisses are the sweetest, filthiest thing she?s ever tasted in her life?But will Ella truly risk her