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The Orc and the Manny by Chloe Archer
Monsters Hollow, Book 1
Welcome to Monsters Hollow, where love knows no bounds—even in a town full of monsters!
Targan Wildethorne
A confirmed bachelor, and a historian by training, I haven’t the faintest clue how to care for twin orclings when I unexpectedly become their guardian. I’d love to retreat into the comforting sanctuary of my study, surrounded by my books and papers, but first I need to hire someone to help me with the children. Someone who can teach me the ropes of this new role.
Thank the Light for the All-Species Specialized Employment Services! In my most dire hour of need, they find the perfect nanny—ahem, manny—to help me look after my young wards. Now I can finally get back to writing my history of orc folklore for a few hours a day.
Or so I thought.
Instead I find the captivating new man in my home far too distracting. Max is so much more than I had expected. I’ve never fallen for a human before, but I can’t get him out of my mind. Could he ever feel the same about an orc? Humans are usually too intimidated by our large size and outer appearance. Can Max look past my green skin and tusks to see a man with a heart that yearns for him? And if he does, when he learns the truth about the children will the danger on the horizon send him running?
Max MacLeod
Working with kids is totally my jam and I’m damn good at what I do. Just call me Maxy Frickin’ Poppins! When a new job prospect comes my way, I’m intrigued. A chance to move to Mystic Hollow (aka Monsters Hollow) to be a well-paid manny for two adorable orclings? Talk about a dream position. Sold! But when I lock eyes with the seriously sexy orc who’s their guardian—and my new de facto boss—for the first time, I’m a goner. Big, muscular, and green all over–he’s giving me full-on Hulk meets stern professor vibes—and I likeit.
As I get to know him, over meals with the kids during the day and soft-spoken conversations about history at night, I soon realize there’s so much more to Targan than the gorgeous orc who keeps starring in all my naughtiest dreams. He’s quite possibly the kindest, gentlest man I’ve ever met. And he accepts and appreciates every part of me and my flamboyant, full-figured fabulousness. I just want to feed and take care of him—and find out if he’s so deliciously big everywhere. Before I know it, I’m dreaming of being part of a forever family with him and his adorable twins. But an unexpected threat looms in the shadows that could threaten the safety of us all…
The Orc and the Manny is a (94k words) cozy small town M/M monster romance featuring a Hulkalicious silver fox orc professor who’s better with books than kids, a flamboyant human manny with ALL the skills (think Nathan Lane in The Birdcage meets Mary Poppins), an age gap, a size difference, a three-headed hellhound and a feisty rescue Chihuahua, two adorable orcling twins, and copious amounts of orc…joy!
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I’m sipping the last of my coffee when I hear a knock on my door and sit up straight, heart racing with hope and trepidation. Is it Max? Or is Feldrick coming to inform me the children have set the kitchen on fire?
“Come in.”
To my relief and pleasure, Max MacLeod sweeps into the room as if he’s walking onto a stage for an enthusiastic crowd. Today he’s wearing a vibrant knee-length multi-colored caftan cinched at the waist with a wide belt and paired with white leggings that encase his shapely legs. Bangle bracelets adorn his wrists and he’s lined his full, plump lips in a tinted gloss that makes them look ripe for kissing. He’s trailed by his little dog who’s clad in a rainbow tie-dye shirt with the word “fierce” stitched on the back.
He gives me a sunny smile as he floats into a chair opposite my desk and plucks up his pooch, positioning her in his lap, and then studies me with his mesmerizing bright blue eyes.
“Good morning, Targan.”
Hearing my name on his lips sends an unexpected shiver through me and I frown. Evidently, this allure he holds for me isn’t a fleeting thing. It’s odd because I’m not usually one to experience such instant attraction toward another.
But there’s something about Max that is utterly captivating. I can’t ignore my reaction to him. As a scholar, I know all too well that outliers are not to be dismissed cavalierly. Max seems to be a most unusual anomaly to enter my world—and I don’t quite know what to make of him, or my attraction to him, just yet.
Rationally, I recognize that I haven’t had a sexual partner in several years. No doubt biological needs I was not entirely aware of have surfaced at a very inconvenient time. However, I can’t simply use that as an excuse to explain away my avid and immediate interest in Max. I feel something stronger and more instinctive within me that draws me to him in a way that is completely foreign.
It certainly complicates things.
Pushing those problematic thoughts aside, I give him my full attention. “Good morning. I trust you slept well?”
He sighs dreamily as he pets his dog, who basks in the attention, a look of pure bliss on her little face and her enormous, pointed ears twitching with delight.
“Honey, that bed in my room is absolutely divine. I don’t think I’m ever going to want to leave here.”
Something deep in my belly rumbles with satisfaction at the idea of Max never leaving.
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About the Author:
Chloe Archer writes M/M sci-fi and paranormal rom coms with laugh out loud humor because she’s all about bringing the funny-sexy back. Oh, yeah!
She currently calls Minnesota home, but has lived abroad in places like Montreal, Edinburgh, and Tokyo. She’s hoping to relocate to Scotland permanently one day if the stars align.
Chloe is a fur mama to two adorable Yorkies, Jasper and Teddy, and she loves them in a crazy dog mama kind of way. When she isn’t busy writing, she enjoys visiting friends and family, traveling, reading, binge watching movies and TV shows, and practicing her karaoke skills. She does a mean cover of Pat Benatar and Cher, or so she’s been told.
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