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The Orc and the Manny

Monsters Hollow, Book 1

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The Orc and the Manny

By: Chloe Archer
Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux
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Welcome to Monsters Hollow, where love knows no bounds—even in a town full of monsters!

Targan Wildethorne

A confirmed bachelor and a historian by training, I haven't the faintest clue how to care for twin orclings when I unexpectedly become their guardian. I'd love to retreat into the comforting sanctuary of my study, surrounded by my books and papers, but first, I need to hire someone to help me with the children. Someone who can teach me the ropes of this new role.

Thank the Light for the All-Species Specialized Employment Services! In my most dire hour of need, they find the perfect nanny—ahem, manny—to help me look after my young wards. Now, I can finally get back to writing my history of orc folklore for a few hours a day.

Or so I thought.

Instead, I find the captivating new man in my home far too distracting. Max is so much more than I had expected. I've never fallen for a human before, but I can't get him out of my mind. Could he ever feel the same about an orc? Humans are usually too intimidated by our large size and outer appearance. Can Max look past my green skin and tusks to see a man with a heart that yearns for him? And if he does, when he learns the truth about the children, will the danger on the horizon send him running?

Max MacLeod

Working with kids is totally my jam, and I'm damn good at what I do. Just call me Maxy Frickin' Poppins! When a new job prospect comes my way, I'm intrigued. A chance to move to Mystic Hollow (aka Monsters Hollow) to be a well-paid manny for two adorable orclings? Talk about a dream position. Sold! But when I lock eyes with the seriously sexy orc who's their guardian—and my new de facto boss—for the first time, I'm a goner. Big, muscular, and green all over–he's giving me full-on Hulk meets stern professor vibes—and I like it.

As I get to know him over meals with the kids during the day and soft-spoken conversations about history at night, I soon realize there's so much more to Targan than the gorgeous orc who keeps starring in all my naughtiest dreams. He's quite possibly the kindest, gentlest man I've ever met. And he accepts and appreciates every part of me and my flamboyant, full-figured fabulousness. I just want to feed and take care of him—and find out if he's so deliciously big everywhere. Before I know it, I'm dreaming of being part of a forever family with him and his adorable twins. But an unexpected threat looms in the shadows that could threaten the safety of us all…

The Orc and the Manny is a cozy small town M/M monster romance featuring a Hulkalicious silver fox orc professor who's better with books than kids, a flamboyant human manny with all the skills (think Nathan Lane in The Birdcage meets Mary Poppins), an age gap, a size difference, a three-headed hellhound and a feisty rescue Chihuahua, two adorable orcling twins, and copious amounts of orc… joy!

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It's campy, it's mushy, and it's Greg Boudreaux. It's so damn sweet and fun.

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This story was absolutely charming. I loved the characters and the children were adorable.

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Surprising and Adorable

Honestly I read this on whim and I’m THANKFUL I did! I love the sass that drips from the Manny, and Zaddy Orc *internal sigh* I want one now, but lowkey would want both the the hot professor and the Scottish sexy Gargoyle sandwich but looking forward to what happens between the security guard and writer.

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Fun and playful love story

The narrator was great and the story line kept me on the hook. Can’t wait for the next book

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It's so fluffy, I'm gonna die!

I love this book and hope they choose to do the rest of the series. It's super fluffy, cute, and a mildly spicy (though spice is of course completely subjective). The characters are adorable and communicate really well! I will fully admit it might not be for those who are looking for an intense sultry romance, but find myself going back to it time and again because I find the respect, communication, and characters in general really comforting.

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Targan and Max

𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔, 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚. 𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔.

Targon and Max take us on their journey in Tʜᴇ Oʀᴄ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ Mᴀɴɴʏ by Chloe Archer, the first book in the Monsters Hollow series.

Targan is used to being completely on his own, so when he takes over custody of his best friend's children, he is completely out of his league and hires Max as his new manny. Max ends up being so much more than Targan expected.

Max, looking for a new experience, takes a job as a manny for an orc family and is not prepared when he arrives at the house to find Targan, the sexy orc professor and his wild bunch.

Targan and Max's journey is definitely entertaining and humorous. I love everything about this story and the entire cast of characters. Max is fantastic with the orclings and his sexy professor, Targan. I love how Princess Peach continually puts Waffles in his place. The little family this group has created is beautiful.

Greg Beaudroux is a fantastic narrator and I love how he brought Mystic Hollow and it residence to life.

If you enjoy...

🏳️‍🌈 MM • 💚 Monster • Orc • 🩷 Manny • 💚 Small Town • 🩷 Size Difference • 🎙️ Dual, First

...this book may be for you!

Another great cozy mystery by Chole Archer and I am looking forward to more from this small little town.

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Great cozy paranormal romance!

This book was everything I wanted in a cozy paranormal romance. I've been looking for something low angst in a modern paranormal romance for awhile and this delivered in spades. The lore of this world with Otherkind and humans and safe haven towns was fascinating to learn about and I can't wait to continue to learn about more Otherkind in future books. These two were so sweet together. I loved that it was about an orc who was soft spoken and highly intelligent when most orcs aren't depicted in a positive light in romances in my opinion. And this is the first time I've read a romance in so long where there's a plus size MC that isn't belittled for his weight! Brilliantly done and can't wait for more in this series.

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Family

Max finds the love of his life and family when he accepts a job as a Manny to Targan. I loved how Max found a way to get two orphan kids relate to their uncle and make them a family.

Once again Greg has done a wonderful job narrating.

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