No Man Can Tame (Dark-Elves of Nightbloom #1)

by Miranda Honfleur

Books had power, the power to defeat hopelessness with escape, ignorance with enlightenment, fear with knowledge.

And she wanted every person to have access to that power, to harness it, for peace, understanding, and better lives.

She didn’t look like the fiercest dark-elf women, the ones young men dreamed of—equals in battle, ambitious subjects, the strongest among their people. Fiery lovers. But… Honest, generous, wise, brave, kind… That anyone should find such traits in a partner was a blessing.

No… Among a sea of stars, she was the moon. It was as though he hadn’t looked up until now.

“My mother had a library. That was where she found solace,” Aless said softly, her eyes still closed. “I spent so much of my childhood there, with the scent of leather, paper, candle wax. Sometimes just opening a book will take me right back there.” A special place to her.