Her Orc Gentleman by Zoe Ashwood

When your family sends you to the orc kingdom to get rid of you, you know you’ve really messed up.
Perhaps scratching the face of a rich lord was an excessive reaction to his attempt to win my hand in marriage. But how could I have known he’d get an infection and lose his eye?
When the entire duke’s court turns against me, my uncle offers me a way out: serve as his emissary to the lands of King Gorvor, disappear from the public eye for a while, and return after people forget all about me.
It seemed like a good idea at the start, but now I’m trying to navigate the orc court, and it’s not going great.
In fact, an orc warrior has attached himself to my side, claiming I’m his fated mate. I want to hate him, because he’s always there, watching over me, protecting me – and my cat – but he’s more of a gentleman than any of the men I met in human lands.
And when he offers to show me what being mated to an orc could be like, I cannot resist him for long. The issue is, I’m only here for the winter, and leaving might be more painful than I thought.