Five Gifts for the Blacksmith's Wife

An Orc Romance

By: Lyonne Riley

Narrated by: Leslie Burke, Alex Kingsley

When her village faces a winter of starvation, Sita draws the shortest straw. Now she’s to be given to the orcs across the river in exchange for food and supplies so her family can survive. Given the chance to choose her own husband from among the eligible orc bachelors, she selects Gurrek, the reluctant blacksmith, who clearly doesn’t want her. He’s the safest option.

Gurrek has always wanted a wife of his own, but not like this. Now he’s saddled with a human woman who needs new shoes, new clothes, and can’t even speak his language. He wants nothing to do with her, and yet her sweet, strong personality draws him in closer with every passing day.

As Sita and Gurrek try to find a place to fit within each other’s lives, attraction begins to bloom between them. But Gurrek refuses to touch a woman who never wanted to be his in the first place. Can Sita break through the blacksmith’s high walls to become his true wife, mind, body, and soul?

This is a sweet, cozy, steamy orc romance that features an arranged marriage, a grumpy/sunshine dynamic, a slow burn, a virgin encounter, and a holiday theme. Please check the content warnings on the author's website.

©2024 Lyonne Riley (P)2025 Lyonne Riley

Can’t know the end

The book was a nice listen however, every chapter is cut off short. The voice acting was pleasant to listen to otherwise.

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I LOVE THIS sita so much she beautiful cute little girl so much ❤️ in the happiest of her. I just LOVE HER SO MUCH!

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Sweet story, very angsty but with quite a bit of spice! Narration was very well done and made the story even better.

Hmmmm.

Three stars for a well written sweet story about learning to love through many challenges. I was surprised by the amount of explicit sexuality. I was startled by it as I was into this lovely story. I had to go back to Audible and then saw the Erotica notation. Missed that for sure. Anyhow, I skimmed through sex scenes and enjoyed the rest. The two narrators, Leslie Burke and Alex Kingsley did a remarkable job.

Writing Style

Lyonne Riley never fails to disappoint. Just like everything else I’ve read or listened to by her, I was enthralled from start to finish with the slowburn romance. There were a couple glitches where the audio overlapped each other but it was only a couple, and didn’t take away from my enjoyment of the story.