A prequel in the Destiny's Edge universe.
When Gyrda was little, the old women of her town used to tell stories of the orcs in the mountains, how they would take in a human woman fleeing an unpleasant husband if she agreed to share a monster's bed. They're probably just legends, too shocking to be true, but when her own husband's cruelty becomes too much to bear, she leaves the human lands, the risk of an uncertain future a better choice than the misery of wasting her life with a man who never loved her.
Sahginoth, chief of the Delakki Mountain orcs, is content with his simple life. He lives alone, leads his village alone. Then one night, he discovers a human woman taking refuge in one of his hunting caves. She's a strong and stubborn creature, as solitary and solemn as him, and when she offers to help him on his hunts in exchange for sanctuary, he agrees.
He has spent all of his nearly fifty years never once longing for a mate. Yet he longer he shares his life with Gyrda, the more he desires from her. But what could a beautiful woman like Gyrda possibly want with a silver-haired orc who's never shared his bed with anyone?
And as for Gyrda, what could the chief of the orcs want with a barren, half-deaf woman like her?
As the nights in the high mountains grow ever colder and darker, they will discover that perhaps both of their frozen hearts can be thawed.
"Beneath the Frozen Stars" is an age-gap monster romance with a virginal demisexual hero and a plus-size heroine in her 30s. It can be read alone, or with the rest of the series in any order. The Destiny's Edge series is fantasy romance with happy endings but grimdark elements. Please see inside the book or on the author's website (mbonneau.com) for a full list of content considerations.
When Gyrda was little, the old women of her town used to tell stories of the orcs in the mountains, how they would take in a human woman fleeing an unpleasant husband if she agreed to share a monster's bed. They're probably just legends, too shocking to be true, but when her own husband's cruelty becomes too much to bear, she leaves the human lands, the risk of an uncertain future a better choice than the misery of wasting her life with a man who never loved her.
Sahginoth, chief of the Delakki Mountain orcs, is content with his simple life. He lives alone, leads his village alone. Then one night, he discovers a human woman taking refuge in one of his hunting caves. She's a strong and stubborn creature, as solitary and solemn as him, and when she offers to help him on his hunts in exchange for sanctuary, he agrees.
He has spent all of his nearly fifty years never once longing for a mate. Yet he longer he shares his life with Gyrda, the more he desires from her. But what could a beautiful woman like Gyrda possibly want with a silver-haired orc who's never shared his bed with anyone?
And as for Gyrda, what could the chief of the orcs want with a barren, half-deaf woman like her?
As the nights in the high mountains grow ever colder and darker, they will discover that perhaps both of their frozen hearts can be thawed.
"Beneath the Frozen Stars" is an age-gap monster romance with a virginal demisexual hero and a plus-size heroine in her 30s. It can be read alone, or with the rest of the series in any order. The Destiny's Edge series is fantasy romance with happy endings but grimdark elements. Please see inside the book or on the author's website (mbonneau.com) for a full list of content considerations.