Have I mentioned I’m on an orc kick? I feel like I have…
This is Makari and Chase!
Chase is a new-to-town tattoo artist looking to open up his own parlor and get a fresh start. A family friend manages to clue him in on a small two-story home in a town just outside the city. t’s quaint—far enough to be peaceful but still close enough that people would make the trip for good ink. The catch? The place is a dump.
But Chase is a hands-on kind of guy. He’s not a carpenter, plumber, or electrician, but he’s pretty sure he can handle it. He firmly believes there’s nothing he can’t fix with a beer and a YouTube video.
He’s wrong
He ends up springing a leak. Thankfully, the same neighbor (and family friend) has just the solution: contractors. Real professionals. People who know how to fix things without hitting the water main. With a knowing look, they hand him a business card and warn him that “the lot of them are orcs.”
Makari is the oldest—and only girl—of five. She’s responsible, driven, loyal, and often the only voice of logic in the family-run company. She’s the one everyone relies on. The first one they call when something goes wrong, and the last one to clock out at night. She keeps the bus on the road even when it has two flat tires, a busted windshield, and has been running on E for the last 25 miles. And she’s exhausted.
She’s tired of boring blue overalls—no matter how many flowers and butterflies she’s embroidered onto them. She’s tired of gas station lunches and smelling like septic tanks. Because to call her family contractors was a joke—they’re a one-stop chaos shop! But what she’s really tired of is her younger brother scheduling her for emergency appointments when she was supposed to be getting her nails done. FOR ONCE.
When she and Chase first meet, he’s caught totally off guard. He was expecting “an orc named Mak” to show up—not a towering woman with a lilac toolbox. She doesn’t look like any Mak he’s ever seen.
And he’s smitten.
100% this dork is kicking his feet under the table!
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