Rexonia Penwell
RenardineSome inherit wealth. Others inherit war. She inherited a fox.In a snowbound forest haunted by silence and centuries of pursuit, Élise Renard makes a final stand against the masked operatives of a secretive order bent on erasing her bloodline. Bound to an ancient fox-spirit that moves through time and memory, Élise vanishes into myth-leaving behind a legacy that refuses to die.Decades later, in the frozen heart of Montreal, quiet archivist Renée Arbour receives a mysterious package: a damaged grimoire filled with spells, secrets, and a list of women who share her surname-and her birth year. As reality begins to fracture around her, Renée must confront the truth: she is the next in a line of women hunted for a power she doesn’t yet understand.When a stranger arrives claiming to study 'bloodlines that don’t appear in public records,' Renée is thrust into a hidden war between memory and erasure, spirit and silence. The fox is watching. The masks are moving. And the past is no longer content to stay buried.Renardine is a lyrical, genre-defying novel that blends mythic fantasy, feminist resistance, and psychological suspense. For readers of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Bone Season, and The Secret History, it’s a haunting meditation on legacy, identity, and the quiet power of women who refuse to disappear.