Tusk Love

Tusk Love – Thea Guanzon, Critical Role
Critical Role Universe (Standalone within series)
Genre: Romantasy • Road-Trip Adventure Romance • Fantasy Romance
 
Tropes:
Grumpy/sunshine (brooding half-orc x sheltered heroine)
Forced proximity / travel companions
Defying expectations and choosing your own path
 
Summary:
Guinevere, daughter of a driven merchant, has always known the future planned for her—marry well, elevate her family’s status, and live a quiet, obedient life in the Dwendalian Empire. But she yearns for something more: adventure, passion, and the freedom to choose her own destiny.
Her chance comes violently when her caravan is attacked, leaving her stranded on the treacherous Amber Road. Her only hope of survival is to travel with her reluctant rescuer: Oskar, a stoic, guarded half-orc with his own uncertain path. Grieving a lost mother and abandoning an apprenticeship that no longer fit, he’s headed toward a land—and a family—he’s never known.
Oskar wants no complications, and Guinevere seems like the worst possible one… yet the spark between them refuses to die. As they travel together, her optimism softens his walls, and his steadiness gives her the courage to imagine a life beyond duty.
But passion comes with choices. Soon, both must decide whether to follow the futures expected of them—or the one they’ve begun to imagine together.