A merchant?COs daughter who yearns for adventure gets more than she bargained for when she falls for a broodingly handsome stranger in this saucy romantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars.?C?A true delight of a book! Spicy and heartfelt?Cothis one is a winner all around.?C??CoKatee Robert, author of Neon GodsAs the daughter of an ambitious merchant, Guinevere?COs path has been predetermined: marry into a noble house of the Dwendalian Empire, raise her family?COs station, and live quietly as a lordling?COs obedient wife. But Guinevere longs for a life unbounded by expectations, for freedom and passion and adventure.Those distant dreams become a sudden reality when her caravan is beset by bandits, leaving her guards slain and Guinevere stranded alone on the dangerous Amber Road. Her only chance of survival is to travel alongside Oskar, the aloof half-orc who saved her during the attack.Unlike Guinevere, Oskar?COs path is not so set in stone. With his mother dead and his apprenticeship abandoned, all that?COs left is a long, lonely walk to a land he?COs never seen to find family he?COs never met. The last thing he needs is a spoiled waif like Guinevere slowing him down?Coeven if the spark between them sizzles with promise.Despite his cold exterior, Oskar is brave and thoughtful and unlike anyone Guinevere has ever met. And while Guinevere may be sheltered, she brings out a softness in him that he has never dared to feel before. As the flames of their passion grow, they realize that soon they?COll need to choose between their expected destinations or their blossoming romance.Written by New York Times bestselling author Thea Guanzon at the behest of Critical Role?COs Jester Lavorre, Tusk Love brings the most romantic story on Exandrian bookshelves to life.