The second book in the Across the Veil of Monsters series

Mari doesn't get scared. Mari gets even.

So when she wakes up... three days lost in someone else's cart with zero memory of how she got there, her first move isn't panic — it's to choke whoever has her captive. Unfortunately, her second move is getting stuck thigh-deep in sentient mud. It's not her best day.

It gets weirder. The creature who pulled her out of the bog turns out to be the least of her problems. Because she's about to be handed off to a battle-built, seven-something ogre named Soren, who runs a textile business, has an enormous family who treats Mari like a new family member, and apparently doesn't know what to do with a furious human who refuses to be afraid of anything, including him.

Mari runs on control. Soren runs on patience. Neither of them is prepared for what happens when those two things collide.

While Mari fights her way through ogre family barbecues, drunk ogre uncles, and the unsettling realization that she might actually like being taken care of, Yera and Arrick are racing to find her—and the forest that took all three of them isn't done yet.

Stranded with the Ogre is a medium-spice cozy fantasy romance about learning to put down your armor, found family (now with bonus ogre children), and falling for someone gentle enough to handle all your sharp edges. Expect mud, mayhem, baked goods, and a hero who is somehow both terrifying and an absolute cinnamon roll.

This book contains light gore, consensual sex, size difference, natural disasters, and depictions of PTSD.