A River Enchanted
Jack Tamerlaine hasn’t set foot on Cadence in ten long years, content to study music at the mainland university. But when young girls start disappearing from the isle, Jack is summoned home to help find them. 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. 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. 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.
As Jack and Adaira reluctantly work together, they find they make better allies than rivals as their partnership turns into something more. 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.
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Rebecca Ross
There’s a rare kind of magic in Rebecca Ross’s writing — the kind that feels like an old song you somehow remember, even if you’ve never heard it before. With novels like Divine Rivals, A River Enchanted, and The Queen’s Rising, Ross has become one of fantasy’s most beloved voices, weaving lush worlds where heartbreak and hope walk hand in hand.
Born and raised just outside Atlanta, Georgia, Rebecca Ross grew up surrounded by the rolling hills and dense forests that would later echo through her fiction. Early on, she fell in love with the timeless pull of folklore and the quiet power of lyrical prose — influences that pulse through every story she tells. Before stepping fully into her life as an author, Ross wore many hats: ranch hand, school librarian, live-time captionist — each chapter adding texture to the thoughtful, layered characters she creates today.
Elements of Cadence
Duology.
Elements of Cadence consists of two books — considered a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
