I didn't come here for marriage. The only place that would hire me has a mandatory bridal auction. Somehow this didn't come up during my training. I can choose to participate or lose the only job covering Gran's medicine and living expenses. There's no other way. My gut tells me this breaks seven international laws. Potentially eight. When the massive orc I crashed into buys me as his bride, I decide to play law abiding citizen to fill my purse. This is either one serious epic revenge plot or something else I can't yet decipher. Then I hear him utter the word "mate" and everything about this arrangement changes. Short, steamy instalove romance with a guaranteed HEA!