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My Orc (Fake) Boyfriend by Veronika Kane
Eastshore Isle series #2. Paranormal erotic romance. 1st person, alternating between Melinda and Cairo. Can be read as a stand-alone romance but characters from the first are in this book, and this one takes place after the first.
Melinda O’Donnell owns the bakery on Eastshore Isle. She’s happy with her success but her wealthy family coming to visit in July expects to set her up with a doctor or lawyer and have her moving back home. Impulsively, Meli tells her family she has a boyfriend and she’ll stay with him while they are in town.
Cairo is an Orc. He’s lived and worked as a mechanic on Eastshore for years and enjoys picking up cupcakes from the bakery a couple times a week. Usually the place is closing when he shows up, but this time there are several people in the store and he’s shocked when Meli announces they are a couple and he finds himself in a lip lock with her!
Meli needs to convince her family that Cairo is her choice, while he needs to convince her to be his mate.

Feel good, low angst, high heat romance with fated mates, one bed, grumpy sunshine, all in a small town setting.

Entertaining and a steamy quick read. A humorous version of monster porn without anything extra.