Beta readers wanted! For Dark Elf Romance Fantasy, interracial, neurodivergent male lead, black female lead! 180k and first book completed!

🖤 Free Black Canary — Beta Reader Call 🖤 A Dark Fantasy Romance | Enemies-to-Lovers | Power, Blood, and Obsession

What happens when the cure to save your world is hidden inside the blood of your captor?

Major Melodie Jaxxon never intended to fall through the rift between worlds. One moment she was leading a military op on Earth; the next, she’s bound in chains, stripped of her name, and renamed Allora—a "Canariae," the enslaved classification for human women in this strange, brutal realm.

Her captor? Commander Malec Talandros. A revered Awyan warlord born of ancient blood and colder discipline, who rules by silence and steel—and who cannot stop obsessing over the wild human he was supposed to break.

But Allora isn’t anyone’s obedient bird. She’s sharp-tongued, strategic, and burning with the secret knowledge that his blood may be the key to saving humanity from extinction. If she can survive long enough to escape. If she can outwit the web of politics, mating bonds, and soul-deep tethers pulling her deeper into his grasp.

As war brews on both sides and Allora discovers she may be the key to an ancient prophecy, a twisted romance unfolds—violent, slow-burn, and gut-wrenchingly emotional. Because what happens when the monster keeping you caged is also the only one who truly sees you?

Looking for beta readers who love:

Enemies-to-lovers with teeth Morally gray love interests (obsessive, autistic-coded, battle-hardened elves) Smart, defiant heroine who fight like hell High-stakes fantasy with political scheming, found family, trauma, and healing Soulmate bonds, twisted devotion, and slow-burn heat with consent-focused dark spice Themes of captivity, power imbalance, racial tension, and inner strength This is Book 1 of a dark fantasy trilogy currently in revision. The book is complete (approx. 180k words) and being prepped for query/submission. I’m seeking feedback on emotional pacing, character arcs, believability of the romance, world clarity, and anything that sticks or stumbles in the reading experience.

Trigger Warnings: Captivity, violence, power imbalance, emotional manipulation, sexual content (always consensual but in dark dynamics), racial commentary, PTSD themes.

If you’re interested in being part of this story’s final transformation, I’d love your honest thoughts and feedback.