Vixen, Heroine of Solé
Book Overview
A dangerous, masked usurper. Threats of war from the oppressed. A magical girl’s belief system upended. And one hypoglycemic wolfy boi.™
Copied from VHoS’s query letter:
When nineteen-year-old Vixen DuRenard is asked to speak with the goddess of the land, Harmony, she assumes it’ll be advice on her future career in the castle after the queen’s recent death. But when Harmony shows Vixen a vision of the queendom of Solé’s future—rife with violence, black magic, and a coup d’état—she finds herself setting aside her dream to become one of Harmony’s magical warriors, complete with light magic and a sword. But becoming the newest Heroine of Solé isn’t as smooth-sailing as Vixen thinks it will be.
The mysterious usurper from Vixen’s vision kidnaps Solé’s Prophets, the only ones who can confirm the queen’s successor. The suspects? Vixen’s friend, crush, and wolf-shifting battle partner Grayson and his family. Then there are the witches, hated by Harmony’s followers, who have aligned themselves with Vixen’s foe to escape oppression. And if that wasn’t enough, the only viable option for stopping the insurrectionist, clearing Grayson’s name, and quelling the witches are using divine crystals that might kill Vixen on impact. Whoops.
New Adult |Fantasy| Approx. 100,000 Words
Characters
Harmony—The charismatic, music-and-deer-themed goddess who creates Heroines. She is actually an ungendered Spirit, but appears in a feminine form for the heck of it. In VHoS, Harmony refuses to behave in the way Vixen believes She would—aka, perfectly dictating the Heroine of Solé’s every step, so that saving the queendom will be done “right” without angering or disappointing the goddess. Being left to her own devices, this—predictably—makes Vixen implode.
Vixen DuRenard—The half Soléan, half Genen girl who lobbies in Solé’s castle and dreams of becoming one of the queen’s Advisors one day. Or wait, scratch that…she now has to stop a coup d’état, somehow, with magic and a weapon she has no idea how to use. Oh, and work alongside Grayson, which might be a wee bit hard because her crush on him is out of control.
Grayson Kadri—The next leader of Solé’s Council and Vixen’s best friend, who is gifted the ability to shift into a large wolf by Harmony—just as his ancestors did. Even though he’s rich and very pretty, he’s really just a lovely goofball who should watch his blood sugar more often. And perhaps go to therapy more. There’s something sad about his eyes…
Zipporah Giordano—The youngest Advisor to the queen and Vixen’s mentor and friend in the castle. Zipporah’s face and demeanor is permanently set to somewhere between You bore me and I’ll kill you, but this fazes Vixen none. She becomes the interim queen while the search is on for the Prophets, though most of her time is spent telling Vixen not to get in trouble or hurt. What a prickly pear.
Beatrix Balotelli—Some witch living in the village of Barlume. We don’t associate with witches in Harmony’s land.
Lady Amethyst—Or better known as ???, because who knows who this all-black wearing, Prophet-kidnapping, black magic-using insurrectionist is. Grayson and Vixen chose the nickname because of the purple black magic crystals she uses. It’s a pretty dumb nickname.