{"title":"Damsels of Distress Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"red-x-wolf-book-1-of-the-damsels-of-distress-pentalogy","title":"Red X Wolf | Book 1 of the Damsels of Distress Pentalogy","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1660067881106_557\" data-content-field=\"excerpt\" class=\"product-excerpt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-excerpt\" data-content-field=\"excerpt\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1660068953340_379\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-excerpt\" data-content-field=\"excerpt\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1660069253931_378\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-excerpt\" data-content-field=\"excerpt\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1660071467772_378\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eRed X Wolf, the first book of the Damsels of Distress Pentalogy, signed by Dakota Krout! \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKnow when to hold your ground. When to walk away. 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A prince with ambitions of inferno. Oh me, oh my.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsabella Vigatori, known as Bella, dreams of perfecting the system-granted ability she inherited from her late mother: Minor Creature Control. Her magic may only impact small creatures like mice and birds, making them loyal companions through song, but Bella is determined to achieve greatness. Yet her father, bitter from losing his wife to a beast she tamed, condemns her ambition as reckless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Bella refuses to abandon her dreams, her father remarries a shrewd widow, Matringa, who quickly restores the family’s fortunes. But Matringa ensures Bella is relegated to servant status, vanishing her from public view until she forsakes her ‘commoner's ambition’. 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