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New Book Announcement

3/15/2022

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My new novella is now available on for Kindle! The Blazing Princess is the first in a new series of fairy-tale retellings, The Tales of Tessagonia.

The Blazing Princess

Aurelia is cursed to die after eighteen years, with the caveat that true love can follow her into the spirit world and bring her back. To ensure her the best chance, Aurelia’s parents betroth her to one of the neighboring prince twins. But what happens when she falls in love with the wrong prince? Who will save her?
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The Tales of Tessagonia

Bentos and Delwyn were alone in the sky, only the silent stars to keep Them company. They created an earth and creatures to fill it, for Their entertainment. Their seven daughters, the muses of Lesenti, watch over the continent of Tessagonia. This land has four kingdoms--Vernissia, Arania, Kether, and Senatin--surrounding an inland sea. Tessagonia is ringed by the Outer Isles, where the old gods have been banished.
You may hear the echo of familiar stories from our own lands. Curses, romance, magical gifts, and gods both light and dark.
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Book Review: Echo North

3/8/2022

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Title: Echo North
Author: Joanna Ruth Meyer
Genre: Fantasy
Series: Standalone

Fairy-tale Inspiration:
East of the Sun, West of the Moon; Beauty and the Beast; Tam Lin
Age group: Young Adult
Author website: 

http://joannaruthmeyer.com/

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In exchange for saving her father from dying in the freezing winter wilderness, Echo Alkaev agrees to stay with the white wolf in his house under the hill for one year. Echo North weaves together the the tales of East of the Sun, West of the Moon, Beauty and the Beast, and Tam Lin. All have in common falling in love with a beast. Meyer combines these so expertly it is as if they were always meant to be the same story.

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    Mary W. Jensen. Author, poet, gamer, library shelver.

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