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Elven Alliance #1-3
Elves and Fierce Hearts: Elven Alliance Volume One
Essie would do anything for her kingdom…even marry an elf prince she just met that morning.
The human kingdom of Escarland and the elven kingdom of Tarenhiel have existed in an uneasy peace after their last wars ended with both kings dead. As tensions rise once again, desperate diplomacy might be the only way to avert war. If only negotiations between elves and humans were that simple.
When a diplomatic meeting goes horribly wrong, Essie, a human princess, finds herself married to the elf prince and warrior Laesornysh. Fitting in to the serene, quiet elf culture might be a little difficult for this talkative princess, but she’s determined to make it work.
With impending war and tenuous alliances, it will be up to Essie to unite her two peoples. And maybe get her hands on elven conditioner while she’s at it.
This ebook collection contains the first three books in the Elven Alliance Fierce Heart, War Bound, and Death Wind.
From bestselling author Tara Grayce comes a no-spice, humorous fantasy romance / romantic fantasy tale of elves and epic magic perfect for fans of K.M. Shea, Kenley Davidson, and Sylvia Mercedes!
The human kingdom of Escarland and the elven kingdom of Tarenhiel have existed in an uneasy peace after their last wars ended with both kings dead. As tensions rise once again, desperate diplomacy might be the only way to avert war. If only negotiations between elves and humans were that simple.
When a diplomatic meeting goes horribly wrong, Essie, a human princess, finds herself married to the elf prince and warrior Laesornysh. Fitting in to the serene, quiet elf culture might be a little difficult for this talkative princess, but she’s determined to make it work.
With impending war and tenuous alliances, it will be up to Essie to unite her two peoples. And maybe get her hands on elven conditioner while she’s at it.
This ebook collection contains the first three books in the Elven Alliance Fierce Heart, War Bound, and Death Wind.
From bestselling author Tara Grayce comes a no-spice, humorous fantasy romance / romantic fantasy tale of elves and epic magic perfect for fans of K.M. Shea, Kenley Davidson, and Sylvia Mercedes!
884 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 2, 2023
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About the author
Tara Grayce
34 books806 followersBorn and raised in Michigan, I enjoy traveling to new adventures that inspire my writing.
Growing up, I read just about every book I could get my hands on, especially fantasy. I currently write YA fantasy and romantic fantasy filled with lots of humor, spunky and tough leading ladies, and broken heroes.
When I am not writing, I enjoy spending time with my chocolate lab, Miss Kisses.
Growing up, I read just about every book I could get my hands on, especially fantasy. I currently write YA fantasy and romantic fantasy filled with lots of humor, spunky and tough leading ladies, and broken heroes.
When I am not writing, I enjoy spending time with my chocolate lab, Miss Kisses.
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November 18, 2024
⚔️Fierce Heart—5 Stars⚔️
This was absolutely, utterly, squeal worthy adorable and heart warming and I loved every second of this beautiful, beautiful book! 🥰😍🥰😍🥰 I didn’t want to put it down and picked it up as often as I could just to soak up all the warm feels and happiness I got from it. I can’t even tell you how many times I was grinning like an idiot as I read, lol!
Essie is such a cool, strong heroine who makes the best out of every situation thrown at her, and I want to be her when I grow up. And Farrendel, priceless, broken, sweet Farrendel is the best kind of tragic hero with a soft heart of gold—goes without saying I ADORE him. 😍😍😍 The rest of Farrendel’s family I’m still in limbo on how I truly feel about them but I know for sure I don’t like Melantha. She’s so…crabby. And I just don’t like her, haha.
The world is a simple mix of fantasy and steampunk and I really liked it as the simplicity of it all gave ALL my attention and focus on the characters and budding romance between Essie and Farrendel. Simple is sometimes better, and that was definitely the case with this book. ☺️
I do have the next two books on Kindle, but I’m worried about reading them because I don’t have the rest of the series yet! So I don’t know when I’ll pluck up the courage to read them and risk terrible heartache and a major book hangover, haha!
I loved this book to death—definitely a new all time favorite and one I will read many times until my copy falls apart and I’ll have to replace it. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
‼️Content‼️
TRIGGER WARNING: a character suffers from nightmares and PTSD
Violence: mentions of a past war and the loved ones lost in it; a character was tortured in the past (not detailed); fighting with weapons and magic (not detailed); injuries and blood (not detailed)
Sexual: a wife notices and admires her husband’s muscles and chest (in a sweet, innocent way); kissing (not detailed)
Other: magic; magical abilities and races; a character suffers from nightmares and PTSD; a character is illegitimate
⚔️War Bound—5 Stars⚔️
HOW DARE IT END THIS WAY!!!!! 😭😭 *runs off to immediately read Death Wind*
*races back days later to write the-probably-not-going-to-be-very-cohesive-fangirl-squealing review*
What a ride, oh my goodness!!!! I will admit the beginning felt a bit stiff and “tight” like the walls were too close and things weren’t exactly fitting atmosphere wise, until I realized a good chunk of the way in that it was SUPPOSED to feel like that since Essie and Farrendel on different levels weren’t feeling well adjusted and like they fit into Escarland and all the stone and close corridors. It wasn’t until almost halfway through when everyone is embraced as family that the “closeness” vanished to be replaced by openness and warm, happy vibes, and it was so good and so well written! I loved it! (once I realized what was going on, that is, lol)
Essie and Farrendel are THE CUTEST and I love them both to death!!! 🥰😍🥰😍 Essie’s family, and especially her brothers, are amazing and when they adopt Farrendel and give him all the love and support he so desperately needed my heart swelled to bursting; gosh, I love this family! They are the best for Farrendel and seeing him open up to them was so so good and amazing.
The intrigue and threat of war and traitors is so real though which brings me back to that epic ending where I wanted to punch a Certain Person in the face while also cry at how that cliffhanger went and made me SUPER glad I wasn’t waiting for Death Wind to release like so many others did (guess there is something to waiting so long the whole series is published before you even start it, haha). So highly recommend having Death Wind on hand before starting this one!
I love this book and these characters so much! Highly recommend this series!
‼️Content‼️
TRIGGER WARNING: a character suffers from nightmares and PTSD
Violence: mentions of a past war and the loved ones lost in it; a character was tortured in the past (not detailed); fighting with weapons and magic (not detailed); injuries and blood (not detailed)
Sexual: a wife notices and admires her husband’s muscles and chest (in a sweet, innocent way); kissing (not detailed); a mild suggestive hint
Drugs/Alcohol: characters are knocked out with a chemical
Other: magic; magical abilities and races; a character suffers from nightmares and PTSD; a character is illegitimate; characters are kidnapped/chained up/imprisoned
⚔️Death Wind—4.5 Stars⚔️
Things take a turn with much more war and darkness than the previous two books, so brace yourself for a LOT of physical and emotional pain but with the promise of hope and healing by the end. There is on page torture but it always cuts away before things get too gruesome and nothing is described outside of emotional turmoil and pain, but it’s still hard to read and the main reason I docked a star just because it was SO HARD at times and I just wanted to get Farrendel out of there far sooner then he did.
Speaking of Farrendel, he grew SOOOO much as did Essie and while there weren’t very many cute moments between the two (because, hello, war and torture), but the strength they gained from each other and the determination to get back together no matter what added another layer of depth and heart to their love and bond that I love even though it was also really hard to read because of their distance and pain—I have a lot of mixed emotions on this book, okay?! Weylind and Eddie’s brothers really shone here too and I actually like Weylind now believe it or not, lol!
I appreciate how the author handled Melantha and what she did as I REALLY hated her at the beginning but felt compassion towards her by the end, and I really hope that things between everyone can be healed at some point.
An another amazing, gut wrenching, heartbreaking yet healing installment in this incredible series that I am most eager to continue!
‼️Content‼️
TRIGGER WARNING: a character suffers from nightmares and PTSD; torture and the physical, mental, and emotional toll it has (not to semi detailed)
Violence: fighting with weapons and magic (not detailed); injuries and blood (not detailed); torture and the physical, mental, and emotional toll it has (not to semi detailed)
Sexual: kissing (not detailed)
Drugs/Alcohol: characters are knocked out using a chemical
Other: magic; magical abilities and races; a character suffers from nightmares and PTSD; a character is illegitimate; characters are captured/chained up/imprisoned
This was absolutely, utterly, squeal worthy adorable and heart warming and I loved every second of this beautiful, beautiful book! 🥰😍🥰😍🥰 I didn’t want to put it down and picked it up as often as I could just to soak up all the warm feels and happiness I got from it. I can’t even tell you how many times I was grinning like an idiot as I read, lol!
Essie is such a cool, strong heroine who makes the best out of every situation thrown at her, and I want to be her when I grow up. And Farrendel, priceless, broken, sweet Farrendel is the best kind of tragic hero with a soft heart of gold—goes without saying I ADORE him. 😍😍😍 The rest of Farrendel’s family I’m still in limbo on how I truly feel about them but I know for sure I don’t like Melantha. She’s so…crabby. And I just don’t like her, haha.
The world is a simple mix of fantasy and steampunk and I really liked it as the simplicity of it all gave ALL my attention and focus on the characters and budding romance between Essie and Farrendel. Simple is sometimes better, and that was definitely the case with this book. ☺️
I do have the next two books on Kindle, but I’m worried about reading them because I don’t have the rest of the series yet! So I don’t know when I’ll pluck up the courage to read them and risk terrible heartache and a major book hangover, haha!
I loved this book to death—definitely a new all time favorite and one I will read many times until my copy falls apart and I’ll have to replace it. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
‼️Content‼️
TRIGGER WARNING: a character suffers from nightmares and PTSD
Violence: mentions of a past war and the loved ones lost in it; a character was tortured in the past (not detailed); fighting with weapons and magic (not detailed); injuries and blood (not detailed)
Sexual: a wife notices and admires her husband’s muscles and chest (in a sweet, innocent way); kissing (not detailed)
Other: magic; magical abilities and races; a character suffers from nightmares and PTSD; a character is illegitimate
⚔️War Bound—5 Stars⚔️
HOW DARE IT END THIS WAY!!!!! 😭😭 *runs off to immediately read Death Wind*
*races back days later to write the-probably-not-going-to-be-very-cohesive-fangirl-squealing review*
What a ride, oh my goodness!!!! I will admit the beginning felt a bit stiff and “tight” like the walls were too close and things weren’t exactly fitting atmosphere wise, until I realized a good chunk of the way in that it was SUPPOSED to feel like that since Essie and Farrendel on different levels weren’t feeling well adjusted and like they fit into Escarland and all the stone and close corridors. It wasn’t until almost halfway through when everyone is embraced as family that the “closeness” vanished to be replaced by openness and warm, happy vibes, and it was so good and so well written! I loved it! (once I realized what was going on, that is, lol)
Essie and Farrendel are THE CUTEST and I love them both to death!!! 🥰😍🥰😍 Essie’s family, and especially her brothers, are amazing and when they adopt Farrendel and give him all the love and support he so desperately needed my heart swelled to bursting; gosh, I love this family! They are the best for Farrendel and seeing him open up to them was so so good and amazing.
The intrigue and threat of war and traitors is so real though which brings me back to that epic ending where I wanted to punch a Certain Person in the face while also cry at how that cliffhanger went and made me SUPER glad I wasn’t waiting for Death Wind to release like so many others did (guess there is something to waiting so long the whole series is published before you even start it, haha). So highly recommend having Death Wind on hand before starting this one!
I love this book and these characters so much! Highly recommend this series!
‼️Content‼️
TRIGGER WARNING: a character suffers from nightmares and PTSD
Violence: mentions of a past war and the loved ones lost in it; a character was tortured in the past (not detailed); fighting with weapons and magic (not detailed); injuries and blood (not detailed)
Sexual: a wife notices and admires her husband’s muscles and chest (in a sweet, innocent way); kissing (not detailed); a mild suggestive hint
Drugs/Alcohol: characters are knocked out with a chemical
Other: magic; magical abilities and races; a character suffers from nightmares and PTSD; a character is illegitimate; characters are kidnapped/chained up/imprisoned
⚔️Death Wind—4.5 Stars⚔️
Things take a turn with much more war and darkness than the previous two books, so brace yourself for a LOT of physical and emotional pain but with the promise of hope and healing by the end. There is on page torture but it always cuts away before things get too gruesome and nothing is described outside of emotional turmoil and pain, but it’s still hard to read and the main reason I docked a star just because it was SO HARD at times and I just wanted to get Farrendel out of there far sooner then he did.
Speaking of Farrendel, he grew SOOOO much as did Essie and while there weren’t very many cute moments between the two (because, hello, war and torture), but the strength they gained from each other and the determination to get back together no matter what added another layer of depth and heart to their love and bond that I love even though it was also really hard to read because of their distance and pain—I have a lot of mixed emotions on this book, okay?! Weylind and Eddie’s brothers really shone here too and I actually like Weylind now believe it or not, lol!
I appreciate how the author handled Melantha and what she did as I REALLY hated her at the beginning but felt compassion towards her by the end, and I really hope that things between everyone can be healed at some point.
An another amazing, gut wrenching, heartbreaking yet healing installment in this incredible series that I am most eager to continue!
‼️Content‼️
TRIGGER WARNING: a character suffers from nightmares and PTSD; torture and the physical, mental, and emotional toll it has (not to semi detailed)
Violence: fighting with weapons and magic (not detailed); injuries and blood (not detailed); torture and the physical, mental, and emotional toll it has (not to semi detailed)
Sexual: kissing (not detailed)
Drugs/Alcohol: characters are knocked out using a chemical
Other: magic; magical abilities and races; a character suffers from nightmares and PTSD; a character is illegitimate; characters are captured/chained up/imprisoned
October 17, 2024
If you like elves and haven't read this series yet, this is your sign to read the series. It's charming, exciting, romantic, and clean with a lot of humor and a whole lot of hurt/comfort. Basically my kind of fangirlish story. And it easily might be your next new obsession too. :)
November 7, 2023
I love this world. I adore these characters.
This boxed set is the perfect way to read the first three books in the series because they happen back-to-back, and let's face it, book two doesn't leave us in a very happy place (think EMPIRE STRIKES BACK here).
Essie is a spunky shero with a fierce heart. She feels deeply but isn't afraid to put herself on the line for people she cares about.
Ferrendel is an atypical hero because he's scarred by a horrifying past. Although he is deeply loved by his family, he always feels like he needs to do more to prove he belongs.
The family interactions are engaging, which makes later books in the series which give the siblings their romances a welcome addition to the Elven Alliance world. The distinct differences in elves and humans are interesting, and Grayce does an excellent job building a complex, believable society.
If you like forced marriage tropes, high action stories, and a bit of political intrigue with your romantic swoon, this series will keep you up late turning pages.
This boxed set is the perfect way to read the first three books in the series because they happen back-to-back, and let's face it, book two doesn't leave us in a very happy place (think EMPIRE STRIKES BACK here).
Essie is a spunky shero with a fierce heart. She feels deeply but isn't afraid to put herself on the line for people she cares about.
Ferrendel is an atypical hero because he's scarred by a horrifying past. Although he is deeply loved by his family, he always feels like he needs to do more to prove he belongs.
The family interactions are engaging, which makes later books in the series which give the siblings their romances a welcome addition to the Elven Alliance world. The distinct differences in elves and humans are interesting, and Grayce does an excellent job building a complex, believable society.
If you like forced marriage tropes, high action stories, and a bit of political intrigue with your romantic swoon, this series will keep you up late turning pages.
January 14, 2026
What a great clean fantasy series! There was an amazing world with magic and both human and elven elements, along with lots of romance and changing political climate. By the time I finished the series I felt like I knew the characters and considered many of them friends! I definitely recommend this for teens and up! There is some violence, but only when needed to tell the stories, and all of the romance was clean.
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November 3, 2023DNF
It's me, not the book. I'm not a fan of the tropes. I'll still give the other books by this author a go. Heard she writes clean/ closed door romance/ fantasy
It's me, not the book. I'm not a fan of the tropes. I'll still give the other books by this author a go. Heard she writes clean/ closed door romance/ fantasy
January 18, 2024
Loved it!
Beautiful story! Playful, creative, and no smut! Just the way I like it. I also like how love is explained as a choice, not just a feeling.
Beautiful story! Playful, creative, and no smut! Just the way I like it. I also like how love is explained as a choice, not just a feeling.
December 31, 2025
CONTENT
Romance and PTSD ex
MESSAGES (some of them)
Be loving - be forgiving - be kind - be happy!
WRITING
Good! Imersive and easy to read!
CONCLUSION
Excellent as ever! I enjoyed the cute scenes and family relationships.
Thanks so much for tje great books!
Romance and PTSD ex
MESSAGES (some of them)
Be loving - be forgiving - be kind - be happy!
WRITING
Good! Imersive and easy to read!
CONCLUSION
Excellent as ever! I enjoyed the cute scenes and family relationships.
Thanks so much for tje great books!
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