The Orc from the Office

Janice knows entanglements with co-workers are risky business. But when she accidentally breaks a co-worker's nose, she finds herself unexpectedly mate-bonded to Khent, an orc from the IT department, and under close watch from Monster Resources. Khent is quiet and nerdy despite the tusks — his emails are overly wordy, and he won't stop apologizing even though she's the one who broke his glasses. Clearly, fate got this one wrong.

All Janice has to do is stay away from Khent until the bond dissipates. Except her company laptop keeps needing IT's attention, she accidentally clicks on orc content at work and ends up sitting through remedial phishing training with him, and their bond keeps pulling them back together until it runs its course.

The Orc from the Office is the second book in Kate Prior's Claws & Cubicles series, a lighthearted monster-romance played for workplace comedy rather than danger.