{"product_id":"the-virtue-and-the-vixen-volume-1-a-gothic-dark-fantasy-paperback","title":"The Virtue and the Vixen Volume 1: A Gothic, Dark Fantasy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThe Book of All Things\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKingdom of the White Sea\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSarah M. Cradit\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA doomed rescue. An irrevocable bond. A darkness centuries in the waiting.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlunge into this haunting, tangled odyssey of a disgraced noble, a black widow, and the devastating secrets and chilling magic binding them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElloven Hawthorne flees for her life after murdering her noble husband and four of his friends. Never mind the reasons; no one will care. No one ever has. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a mob seizes her carriage, Jesstin Skylark intervenes. She's grateful-if confused-because he looks like he'd rather be anywhere else. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen he shocks her with an invitation: an evening in the infamous village of vice, where he runs a tavern catering to illicit desires. She shouldn't accept, but she does. What begins as a scandalous escape ends with Jesstin condemned to hang for a crime he didn't commit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElloven exploits a legal loophole in a desperate bid to save him. There's just one catch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe must bind herself to him. For life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe bond can't be undone by magic-at least not magic from their world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConvinced the answer lies in her ancestral lands, which have whispered to her for years, they set out for a place she's never seen with a man who now wishes they'd never met. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Jesstin has a secret. Two years ago, he murdered Elloven's brother. And he carries a dark magic of his own: necromancy, though he doesn't yet know the name for it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNone of this is coincidence. Every piece is part of a sinister design centuries in the making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd the shadowed mountain necromancers have been patiently awaiting their arrival for a very, very long time... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Virtue and the Vixen Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e is a gothic, dark, romantic fantasy set in the Kingdom of the White Sea Universe, featuring a character first introduced in \u003ci\u003eThe Altruist and the Assassin, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as one readers are meeting for the first time. It is the third and penultimate story in the Guardians Cycle of The Book of All Things. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Book of All Things is a series of fantasy romance tales set in the vibrant, epic world first introduced by \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author Sarah M. Cradit in the Kingdom of the White Sea trilogy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor content advisories, please visit sarahmcradit.com.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924008632627,"sku":"9781958744505","price":33.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/HxZM9ketkL9781958744505.webp?v=1793828971","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-virtue-and-the-vixen-volume-1-a-gothic-dark-fantasy-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}