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Rebecca Ross
Rebecca Ross is a fantasy author best known for her bestselling novel Divine Rivals and the Letters of Enchantment series. She writes for both young adult and adult audiences, often blending historical settings with magic and romance.
A River Enchanted
Synopsis
On the magical isle of Cadence, where spirits rule by fire, water, earth, and wind, girls are mysteriously disappearing. Musician Jack Tamerlaine is summoned home after a decade away to help find them. He must reluctantly team up with Adaira, his childhood enemy and the island's heiress, who believes only a bard's music can entice the spirits to reveal the truth. As their partnership deepens, they uncover a sinister secret about Cadence far darker than they imagined.
Genres
Characters
Jack TamerlaineProtagonist
A bard summoned home to Cadence after a decade away to help find missing girls, drawn into an uneasy partnership with his childhood rival Adaira.
AdairaProtagonist
Heiress of Cadence's eastern clan and Jack's childhood rival, convinced only a bard's music can draw answers from the isle's spirits.
TorinSupporting
Captain of the guard on Cadence, married to the healer Sidra, who joins the search for the isle's missing girls.
SidraSupporting
A healer on Cadence and Torin's wife, whose care for the isle's people draws her into the investigation of the missing girls.
MirinSupporting
Jack's mother, an orphan-turned-weaver whose enchanted plaids protect the clan at a slow cost to her own health.
Frequently asked questions
Is A River Enchanted a standalone or part of a series?
It's the first book in Rebecca Ross's Elements of Cadence duology. The story concludes with the second and final book, A Fire Endless (2023).
Did A River Enchanted win any awards?
It was a finalist for the 2022 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fantasy, though it did not win.