WARLOCK OF THE WEST

Gil Vicious has always been nothing but trouble. An outlaw warlock scheming to rob a powerful witch of her magic to survive a wicked drought, he'll do anything to evade the bounties on his head. Wylah Hæotana lives a dutiful life in her small village. Destined to become the next stonemaker of her clan, pressure is mounting for her to conjure water magic for her people.

Worlds collide when Gil encounters Wylah in Town and his inclination toward bloodshed is challenged by his desire to protect her during a shootout. As forbidden romance flourishes between them and the law closes in on Gil’s gang, he and Wylah are left grappling with a love that threatens the obligations they both have to their people.

With the dying frontier at its brink and forces from all sides converging to tear them apart, Gil and Wylah are faced with one final decision: leave love behind or risk everything they’ve ever known to be together. But when Gil uncovers the true source of the drought, the fate and freedom of every soul across the land hangs perilously in the balance.

WARLOCK OF THE WEST is a 107,000-word adult romantic fantasy set in a harsh, magically dark frontier, where survival clashes with forbidden love. It combines the atmospheric tension of One Dark Window with the genre-bending setting of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy. It is told through dual POV and has series potential.