As the Steward of a crumbling estate, Maren has spent months balancing the ledgers of hunger and hope, but the arrival of the Imperial column changes the equation entirely. Lord Aris did not ride into the vitrified waste to save a discarded Warlord; he came to reclaim a territory the Crown already considers a grave.

Kozan remains the furnace at Maren's back, a High Orc General whose protective fury is the only thing keeping the "Slick" from the walls. But even his Sovereign Command is fraying. To manufacture a cure, Kozan has bled himself dry, leaving him weakened just as the Imperial occupation tightens its grip. While Aris demands surrender, a new shadow walks the courtyard: Lady Vita.

A knight of Greywood in black lacquered plate, Vita is everything Maren is not. She is a creature of the blade, a woman who understands the visceral mechanics of the rut-bond and watches Maren with a calculating intensity. As Vita circles the General and the Steward, Maren is forced to face a new kind of threat: a rival who knows exactly how to exploit the cracks in their foundation.

The fourth installment of the series takes the fire of love into the heart of an Imperial storm.

The Orc's Consort is a gritty, high-stakes monster romance featuring a protective hero, a brilliant heroine, and a world where survival is the only law.