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Heartfire
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Expected 6 Apr 27WHEN HUMANS INVADE, NATURE BITES BACK.
Eighteen-year-old Hoshi was raised knowing two constants: rejection from her community, and that humans are to be killed on sight. While her family actively defends their territory from an invading human cult, as a shapeshifter who can’t change, Hoshi struggles to find her place among her people. As the threat to their homeland rises—and her parents’ overprotective habits with it—Hoshi hunts humans in secret, relying on her Guardian, her instincts, and her inner fire to save their realm and reclaim her identity.
After a nomadic camp of shifters settles in her territory, Hoshi is startled to find a human coexisting with them—but even more stunned by Dren, leader of the raffish hotshots restoring their landscape through controlled burns. Though Dren is a quiet ember to Hoshi’s biting flare, their paths weave closer with each encounter, and they kindle an unyielding bond over shared commitment to the realms.
When a band of human-controlled shapeshifters attacks Hoshi’s family, the hunters become the hunted. Hoshi and Dren must rely on each other to endure battles where trust, trauma, and truth collide. If they don’t adapt to their changing reality, they risk losing the community they’ve built, and the love they’ve forged in fire.
Heartfire is recommended for readers 16 and up.
Eighteen-year-old Hoshi was raised knowing two constants: rejection from her community, and that humans are to be killed on sight. While her family actively defends their territory from an invading human cult, as a shapeshifter who can’t change, Hoshi struggles to find her place among her people. As the threat to their homeland rises—and her parents’ overprotective habits with it—Hoshi hunts humans in secret, relying on her Guardian, her instincts, and her inner fire to save their realm and reclaim her identity.
After a nomadic camp of shifters settles in her territory, Hoshi is startled to find a human coexisting with them—but even more stunned by Dren, leader of the raffish hotshots restoring their landscape through controlled burns. Though Dren is a quiet ember to Hoshi’s biting flare, their paths weave closer with each encounter, and they kindle an unyielding bond over shared commitment to the realms.
When a band of human-controlled shapeshifters attacks Hoshi’s family, the hunters become the hunted. Hoshi and Dren must rely on each other to endure battles where trust, trauma, and truth collide. If they don’t adapt to their changing reality, they risk losing the community they’ve built, and the love they’ve forged in fire.
Heartfire is recommended for readers 16 and up.
Kindle Edition
Expected publication April 6, 2027
About the author
Mina West
1 book7 followersMina West weaves her career adventures as a wildlife biologist with her love for fantasy, and has been doing so for nearly two decades. She hopes to reconnect her readers to the natural world through the written word, and thrives in the space where science meets art.
Mina's upcoming novel, Heartfire (April 6th, 2027), opens the conversation around human-wildlife interactions and how we maintain our humanity by taking an active role to preserve our natural resources. Mina's goal with Heartfire is not only to "rewild" readers, but to build empathy, compassion, and community for wild things and wild places.
Mina's upcoming novel, Heartfire (April 6th, 2027), opens the conversation around human-wildlife interactions and how we maintain our humanity by taking an active role to preserve our natural resources. Mina's goal with Heartfire is not only to "rewild" readers, but to build empathy, compassion, and community for wild things and wild places.
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