Her Shadow so Dark and Lovely

<p><strong>A cursed scribe. A nightmare Librarian. Giving her heart could cost her everything.</strong></p><p></p><p>For years I have dedicated myself to the Library staying hidden and unremarkable. As a lowly scribe I can escape the weight of my family's disappointment. My failure to manifest my family's magical lineage might have destroyed my life in the high court but in the Library I can reclaim my own fate. When I find a book on my desk I don't think twice before opening it. I should have.</p><p></p><p>It changes everything. I wake with no voice no memory a dark curse mark spreading across my skin and the haunting attention of a Librarian. Entirely captivating Sila is a high-handed overbearing nightmare the sort of creature I should avoid at all costs. But when my past comes for me? She saves my life and takes me into her shadows.</p><p></p><p>Because it turns out I am neither hidden nor unremarkable. The Library has its own plans for me the high court another and Sila? She might be the only thing that can save me.</p><p></p><p><em>Her Shadow so Dark and Lovely is a sapphic dark fantasy romance by Elsie Hawthorne featuring a queernormative world a nightmare love interest and an unassuming scribe fighting for her life-and heart. Book 1 of the Heart of the Library Duet in a Curse of Fallen Stars series.</em></p><p></p><p><em>Content warnings can be found on the author's website.</em></p>