Status
Long listed for 2025 QWC Publishable; in final edits
Query
The Nameless Wolf is a dual-POV fantasy romance (85k words) set in an Etruscan inspired world (the same world as Creatures of Song and Shadow, but stand-alone). It is the first in an intended duology.
Atalanta is a fugitive of her homeland, saddled with a child and debts she cannot pay. She’s hired out of the fighting pits to pose as King Thresu’s wife – the bait in a trap to catch the assassin of his previous three wives. It’s dangerous but pays too well to refuse.
Then she learns that the royals she’s pretending to represent are the Excolo who murdered her family. She will be in a position to kill those who’ve been hunting her, but doing so will jeopardise her job and Thresu’s reign.
As she races to uncover the assassin’s identity before becoming their next victim, or being discovered by the Excolo, the fake marriage begins to feel all too real. Atalanta might be the only person Thresu can trust – but he doesn’t even know her name.
The Nameless Wolf will appeal to fans of The Crimson Moth (Heartless Hunter) by Kristen Ciccarelli, The Plated Prisoner series by Raven Kennedy, and Ever Blessed by Olivia O’Flynn.
Lies protect. Secrets kill.
Content Guide
consensual on-page sex, violence (combat and magical)
