Toghat the Vile (Orc Mates)

Snowbound with Toghat the Vile - a sweet Christmas novella

Isabella Jensen is in over her head. She should've never gone hiking with her friends in the snowy mountains of Utah. With no training for this kind of physical effort, she fell behind, and then a snowstorm hit out of the blue. Now she's lost, and with every passing minute, her chances of survival are quickly dropping to zero. She doubts her friends will come back for her, and when she sees a massive creature heading her way, she panics. She thinks it's a bear and runs in the opposite direction. The creature has no trouble catching her, and that's when she realizes... It's not a bear. It's an orc on one of those huge beasts they ride into battle.

Toghat the Vile is on his way to one of those institutes for orc tributes. After years of loneliness, he thinks it's time to take a bride. Since orc females are scarce, a human one will have to do. A snowstorm derails him, and when he hears someone cry for help, he decides to investigate. He stumbles onto a human female who's lost, cold, and terrified of him. Now that he's found her, he can't leave her. He takes her with him, kicking and screaming, and finds shelter. Until the snowstorm passes, he will show her that all he wants is to take care of her.