Vlyn Adare is an illegal magick user hiding in plain sight, a seamstress going nowhere fast.
When she's not dreaming of being Vlyn's beau, socialite Shirley Hollister fantasises about being a fashion designer but is stuck in a rut as a receptionist.
To escape his fundamentalist family, Ellory Miller begrudgingly becomes a mage, even if he only wants to make magickal couture.
Rejected by both the mages and gender critical witches, Niven is forced to become a freelancer, hunting rogue magickal users to avoid arrest themself.
Lien Bassett, a trans journalist living stealth, has been trying for decades in vain to hold the mage Tower to account.
All five are brought together after Ellory blows the whistle on the Head Mage's criminal activity. Hidden prisons, protests, dramatic magick battles, and plenty of fabulous fashion await them.
Unashamedly queer ? and built around a slow burn F/F romance ? A Designer Magick investigates mental health, gender, and freedom of speech in an evocative 1920s style setting.
For fans of V.E. Schwab and C.L. Polk.
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Fox N. Locke (they/them) is a trans femme indie author of queer genre novels - including: Their Heart A Hive; Black Velvet: A Trans Emo Ghost Story; A Designer Magick; and Fortitude Waters.
Other preoccupations include poetry, baking, reading queer authors, playing video games, visiting historical sites, and fantasising about dating a mech pilot.