Query for The Witch of Belle Fleur
Age and Genre: YA/ Fantasy
Word Count: 83,000
Query:
My manuscript is set in a town near the swamps of South Florida. It is about 83,000 words and is Young Adult / Fantasy. Juliette Fontaine is half Cuban and half Haitian and is raised by her Cuban aunt knowing that soon she’ll will have the choice to become a Lead Witch or remain a regular teen. This story has diverse main characters and magic, yet doesn’t rely too heavily on magic and witches for interest. The relationships and characters are the true driving force.
The Witch of Belle Fleur is the story of a teen, whose life changes after she agrees to become Lead Witch. Juliette loves Survivor and telenovelas and hopes to be on a telenovela at least once in her life. Juliette struggles with her decision then decides to become a lead witch because it offers her a way to save her aunt, who is near death. Juliette becomes a witch, unleashes evil, saves aunt then deals with the consequences of having Thane, a notorious and evil witch, against her and bent on taking over Belle Fleur.
Juliette doesn’t want to be identified as a destroyer witch like her deceased mother. However, she finds she must sometimes use her destroyer strength to survive. She feels uncertain of how to lead witches as a teen and doesn’t know if she can truly protect Belle Fleur. When Juliette finds time for love, she is torn between her best friend Victor, a Healer witch and a new guy, Alec, a Destroyer witch.
First 250 Words:
Standing tall on the roots of the mangrove trees made Juliette feel like a witch already. It also protected her from the snake she was spying on. She gripped the tan colored tree trunk and ignored the ants which crawled on her damp skin.
The swamp was a place where anything was possible. It was a place where she and Victor, her best friend, could be anyone. Here she wasn’t a waitress, recent high school graduate, orphan, or niece. Here in the swamp she was just Juliette.
Juliette was bursting with excitement the problem was, she couldn’t share it with Victor. Soon she’d be given the chance to either deny or accept her role as lead witch in Belle Fleur. The funny thing was that she wasn’t sure what she’d decide. She was drawn to the magical part full of relics and mystery but she dreaded the idea of the danger and all the drama that came with it. Honestly, part of her didn’t even believe magic was even real. How could magic exist in a world plagued with problems? She figured magic should have fixed everything by now if it was as powerful and real as her aunt said it was. Besides, Juliette admitted to herself long ago that she wasn’t sure if she wanted to be a witch and not be able to ever tell Victor about it. He was her best friend, after all.
“Is it the right snake?” Victor asked.
“No, it’s just a python.”
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