Violet is a typical, down-on-her-luck millennial: mid-twenties, over-educated and drowning in debt, on the verge of moving into her parents’ basement. When a lifeline appears in the form of a very unconventional job in neighboring Cambric Creek, she has no choice but to grab at it with both hands.
Morning Glory Farm offers full-time hours, full benefits, and generous pay with no experience needed . . . there’s only one catch. The clientele is Grade A certified prime beef, with the manly, meaty endowments to match. Hands-on work with minotaurs isn’t something Violet ever considered as a career option, but she’s determined to turn the opportunity into a reversal of fortune.
When a stern, deep-voiced client begins to specially request her for his sessions at the farm, maintaining her professionalism and keeping him out of her dreams is easier said than done. Violet is resolved to make a dent in her student loans and afford name-brand orange juice, and a one-sided crush on an out-of-her-league minotaur is not a part of her plan—unless her feelings aren’t so one-sided after all.
Morning Glory Farm is a short human/monster romance novel (60k), featuring a high heat slow burn with a lot of heart, and a guaranteed HEA. It is the first book in the Cambric Creek Monster Romance series and can be read as a standalone. CWs are viewable on the author’s website.
How a book where the heroine has been giving HJs to the hero since their very first meeting can be both a slow burn romance and inherently sweet, IDK–but somehow it absolutely manages to be both of those things.
Morning Glory Milking Farm is…well, it’s an experience. I’m pretty sure I snort-laughed when I found out *why* the milking farm exists–Minotaur you-know-what is the key ingredient in certain little blue pills. I mean…of course it is. I enjoyed the fact that Violet is working for a pharmaceutical company, so they’re concerned with cleanliness and procedure and the employees have health insurance (full benefits!) and make enough to start paying down their student loans, if they have them.
Since they’re starting up again this month, this detail feels particularly poignant.
Violet is a relatable heroine, Roarke is absolutely dreamy–and their romance is so freaking adorable I can’t even.
I’ve got the rest of the series on my TBR, though a quick perusal of reviews for this story from Roarke’s POV ( A Blue Ribbon Romance ) makes me want to maybe give it a pass.
Rating: 4 stars / B+
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