The Orc and the Innkeeper (Elderberry Falls, #1)

by Cora Crane

Love is a risk, babe. A leap of faith. No one can ever know for sure how it’ll turn out. But if you don’t jump, you’ll never fly.”

Eventually, the last of the guests filter out of the lobby and Mariah’s already starting to clean up, gathering discarded programs and empty glasses. I move to help her, ignoring her protests. “Thorak, you don’t have to do that. I can handle it.” “I know you can,” I say, my voice low. “But I’d like to help. Let me do this for you, Mariah.”

awwww so sweet!!!

“You deserve happiness, Mariah. Don’t let fear and things that happened in your past hold you back from claiming it.”

🙂❤