The Hopes of a Crystalline Heart

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Perfect for fans of <em>A Court of Thorns and Roses</em> and <em>Dungeons and Dragons</em> this romantic fantasy debut delivers high-stakes adventure a scorching forbidden romance and a heroine who will stop at nothing for her revenge.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>She sets out on a journey of vengeance only to be spared by her enemy.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Bound by duty. Haunted by conflicting feelings. Marked as a slave by her mortal enemies.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Hopes of a Crystalline Heart is an enemies-to-lovers story featuring Light Elves and Dark Elves. It is the first book in the As Light to Its Shadow series.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Thousands of years ago a war between Light Elves and Dark Elves exiled the Dark Elves from their home and forced them into the underworld the Evergloom. Now sworn enemies they refuse to treat with one another and if found on enemy land they are either killed imprisoned or turned into slaves.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Aelrie Everstar is a Light Elf and personal guard to the high priestess. When a Dark Elf assassin kills her charge in front of her she pursues him intent on killing him and having her revenge. All does not go to plan and she is thrust into the Evergloom with him a dark and treacherous place where they must stick together to survive. However they will need to learn how to trust each other first if they can avoid killing one another.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>See how desire and duty collide and how an act of kindness can bring hope to even the darkest of places.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This book features enemies-to-lovers forced proximity and a spicy romance. It is a fast-paced romp through an Elven world filled with action intrigue and mystery with a touch of the divine. </span></p>