Protected By the Grumpy Ogre by Mary Auclair
When a deepfake video of me goes viral, my life implodes into chaos. Now I’m in hiding with an ogre bodyguard who swears I’m completely off limits. If only he stops growling at me in this sexy way, I’ll believe him. In the meantime, it’s game on!
I’m used to being Senator Quinn’s perfect daughter, but when a fake video shows me stripping at a party I never attended, my carefully controlled world crumbles. The media circus is brutal, the scandal threatens my mother’s career, and someone is tracking my every move.
My only sanctuary is a remote cabin under Darhg Rooke’s grumpy, sexy protection.
It’s wild what seven feet of protective ogre muscle does to a girl’s hormones, but it doesn’t take long for me to decide that I’ll do everything I can to rattle his controls.
When a slip-up turns our growing attraction into front-page news, our safe haven morphs into another scandal. Then we discover the betrayal comes from someone in my inner circle, and the danger escalates beyond just damages to my reputation.
Now I must decide: stay silent and safe in the shadows, or risk everything to claim the man I love and the life I want to build.
A cozy, steamy small-town monster romance with a guaranteed HEA. Tropes: bodyguard, age-gap, grumpy × sunshine, one bed, ogre hero.
Welcome to Saltford Bay, where monsters are real, neighbors are nosy, and true love comes with claws. Perfect for fans of Ruby Dixon’s monster romances and Lucy Score’s small-town rom-coms.
Each book in the Monsters of Saltford Bay series can be read as a standalone. This cozy and steamy small town romance story is low angst, funny and full of sexy, grumpy monsters with tusks and hearts of gold. Intended for mature readers.
