And I’m so happy the stars aligned and that this book found you. But if you feel like this story was written just for you…I can assure you, it was indeed. Within these pages, you’ll encounter a grumpy musician who has been summoned home, an heiress who is striving to solve a sinister mystery, a captain who would do anything to protect his clan, and a devout healer who must mend that which seems deeply broken.Īs with every book I release into the wild, I know it won’t be for everyone. But as I began to revise with my CP’s and agent’s feedback, I swiftly realized that this story was supposed to sit on the adult shelf, and I needed to give it the room to breathe and expand and transform into what it wanted to be.Īnd now that it’s actually a real thing…I’m excited to at last share it with you all! I had a book that was “50/50” on my hands, and I wasn’t sure what to do with it after the first draft. While Jack and Adaira’s character arcs originally felt YA, Sidra and Torin’s most certainly fell beneath the adult category. I was weaving together themes such as career, marriage, raising children, and loss of faith (just to highlight the overarching ones). But the deeper I delved into this world, the more I realized that I was writing a story that centered on characters in their 20’s. When I first began drafting A River Enchanted, I had every intention of it being YA. You’ll find a (fairly) succinct answer below, along with a link for the content guide. Some of you might know me from my young adult (YA) novels and may be curious as to why I’m now releasing a fantasy novel for adults.
But with each passing song, it becomes apparent the trouble with the spirits is far more sinister than they first expected, and an older, darker secret about Cadence lurks beneath the surface, threatening to undo them all.Īs Advance Reader Copies of A River Enchanted are beginning to make their way into the world, I thought I should drop a note here about why this novel is adult, and where you can find the content warnings.
Adaira, heiress of the east and Jack’s childhood enemy, knows the spirits only answer to a bard’s music, and she hopes Jack can draw them forth by song, enticing them to return the missing girls.Īs Jack and Adaira reluctantly work together, they find they make better allies than rivals as their partnership turns into something more. The capricious spirits that rule the isle by fire, water, earth, and wind find mirth in the lives of the humans who call the land home. Enchantments run deep on Cadence: gossip is carried by the wind plaid shawls can be as strong as armor, and the smallest cut of a knife can instil fathomless fear. But when young girls start disappearing from the isle, Jack is summoned home to help find them. Jack Tamerlaine hasn’t set foot on Cadence in ten long years, content to study music at the mainland university.
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