Publisher's Synopsis
Warthaug doesn't do change, but being left alone for years to watch over the hearth has warped his perspective.
Of all the recent changes upon their burrow, Ru unnerves him the most. The little mouthy witch, the look in her soft brown eyes, it's as if she sees him, sees beyond the curse. Why should she care for him, an ugly, cursed Hob, an abomination? She must be doffin' and dogly, crazy. It would explain why she's so taken with Puhkke, his odd burrow brother. The Hob of a Goblin has never wished for softness, kindness, for someone to look at him the way Ella, as he thinks of her, does his burrowkin. He couldn't say he'd ever cared if anyone understood him, saw his heart. Until Ru... The hunter of their hearth finds himself coveting a certain curvy witch with a wicked sense of humor. When an odd run-in finds Ru cursed and scrambling for a cure, sending the hearth into an uproar, Thaug is faced with acknowledging the truths right in front of his wart covered face he's been denying all along. The suggestion that arises to cure the witch is the last thing Ru Ella could have imagined. Could it work? Is she willing to see if it even could? Is Thaug up to playing his part in all of this? Worse than sweet ice cream balls threatening to freeze your brain or a bathroom covered in body lotion, Ru is in over her head with this cursed business. The Hob with the secret might just be her only hope. The question is, is Thaug willing to risk what he's painstakingly worked so hard to keep hidden, buried within his burrow? Please note: This book is as much a continuation of the story of the hearth as a whole as it is Ru and Thaug's HEA
