Claimed Book 1 – Gay Orc Mating Season: a High Heat Mm Epic Fantasy Monster Romance

CLAIMED 1: Gay Orc Mating SeasonHuman settlement is pushing deeper into the ancient forest. And Budd, a shrewd and solitary hunter, has ventured further into the shadows than any man should. He expected to find game, but the woods are no longer empty. Orc tribes have descended on a mission of conquest, and Budd has just walked into the path of their fiercest leader.Gurth is a war leader in the grip of a primal mating season.Isolated from his tribe and pushed to the brink, Gurth must find a suitable partner or die. When he encounters Budd, he doesn’t find a victim—he finds a fiery, curious soul that matches his own. In a desperate act of claiming, Gurth binds the independent hunter to him, forging a tumultuous connection prophesied to transcend racial hatred and change the course of history.Their chemistry is explosive, but their union is a transgression.As they journey toward the mountain pass, the heat between them upends everything Budd thought he knew about intimacy and commitment. Budd must shed his human skin and embrace a new kind of future. To the orcs, love is not a solitary endeavor. It is a communal language of loyalty, and before they can reach the safety of the tribe, Budd must survive his first true test: a night of high-heat communal bonding where he is shared among Gurth’s closest brothers-in-arms.In the arms of the monster who has become his world, Budd may finally find the one thing the human world could never give him: a home. And to win that home, Budd will have to surrender the only thing he has left: everything he thought he knew about what it means to be a man.What to Expect:Heat Level: Maximum Heat. No holds barred. Monster & non-human intimacy is described in detail. Specific Themes: Primal play, “sharing” elements (MM+). The heart-bond is monogamous, but the physical culture is tribal, communal, and ritualistic. No cheating. This is the beginning of a committed mate-bond.