Shot:
A merchant’s sheltered but cheerful daughter, fighting to control a fire spirit that lives inside her, and a grieving half-orc warrior, who, like many an orc of his kind, has green skin and tusks, fall madly in love while he escorts her to marry a prince in a far-off kingdom. During their journey, the human and the half-orc have a lot of raunchy sex.
It sounds like a fever dream, but it’s actually the plot of “Tusk Love,” a romance novel that landed on the New York Times best-seller list last month. How the book got there is as twisty as the novel’s central love affair — and the latest, and perhaps most unusual, example of how internet-driven fandom can intersect with publishing to create hit books.
Chaser:
Spicy bar snack: I, Libertine Kindle edition on Amazon. Wikipedia.
Tusk Love? I thought it was the plot of Shrek 2.
I have not seen any of the Shrek movies, but I have absorbed enough through osmosis to feel confident in saying: yes, that is the plot, minus the raunchy sex.
The raunchy sex is the best part of any good novel.