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Joanna Ruth Meyer

    Joanna Ruth Meyer crafts stories centered on fierce teens finding their place in the world, striving to change their fate, save loved ones, or carve a path toward redemption. Her narratives explore the resilience and determination of young protagonists facing formidable challenges. Meyer delves into themes of destiny, love, and redemption, showcasing characters grappling with pivotal choices that shape their journeys.

    Joanna Ruth Meyer
    Echo North
    Into the Heartless Wood
    Wind Daughter
    Beneath the Haunting Sea
    Women, Work, and Calling – Step into Your Place in God`s World
    • Beneath the Haunting Sea

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Sixteen-year-old Talia was born to a life of certainty and luxury,destined to become Empress of half the world. But when an ambitiousrival seizes power, she and her mother are banished to a nowhereprovince on the far edge of the Northern Sea.On their terrifying journey, the sea seems to call to Talia in strangeways, and her mother-spiraling into madness-becomes obsessedwith ancient myths that talk of the sea-goddess Rahn who rules thewatery Hall of the Dead.Joanna Meyer is a wonderful new voice in the YA fantasy genre. Heroriginal, fresh story handles popular fantasy themes in surprisingways. Her lush, atmospheric prose masterfully brings to life her uniquemythology and vividly imagined, culturally diverse world.Beneath the Haunting Sea will appeal to fans of bestselling series suchas Throne of Glass, The Remnant Chronicles, The Winner's Trilogy,and The Grisha Trilogy, as well as recent debuts such as The Reader,The Star-Touched Queen, Sword and Verse, Fear the Drowning Deep,and Given to the Sea. It will also attract readers of adult fantasy, whoenjoy Earthsea, The Silmarillion, and Game of Thrones. Its slow-burnromance and gothic setting, inspired by Sense and Sensibility andJane Eyre, will appeal to a wider audience. Joanna describes Talia'slove interest as Willoughby-esque and Beneath the Haunting Sea asThe Silmarillion meets Jane Eyre, with kissing.

      Beneath the Haunting Sea2024
      3.5
    • Though women now have professional opportunities beyond what previous generations ever imagined, the church's vision for women's work has not grown with us. Joanna Meyer addresses this gap in women's discipleship, providing a theological framework for women's work and influence and offering resources for the challenges of working life.

      Women, Work, and Calling – Step into Your Place in God`s World2023
      4.4
    • Wind Daughter

      • 350 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      "A companion novel to Echo north"--Title page.

      Wind Daughter2022
      4.0
    • Into the Heartless Wood

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      The forest is a dangerous place, where siren song lures men and women to their deaths. For centuries, a witch has harvested souls to feed the heartless tree, using its power to grow her domain.When Owen Merrick is lured into the witch’s wood, one of her tree-siren daughters, Seren, saves his life instead of ending it. Every night, he climbs over the garden wall to see her, and every night her longing to become human deepens. But a shift in the stars foretells a dangerous curse, and Seren’s quest to become human will lead them into an ancient war raging between the witch and the king who is trying to stop her.

      Into the Heartless Wood2021
      3.9
    • Echo North

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      "Epic and engrossing. Magic pulsates through every page.” —Kirkus, starred review "...a compelling, satisfying romantic adventure with metafictional undertones.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “A marvelous, enchanting tale about the power of love and stories.” —Rosamund Hodge, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Beauty "...beautifully written retelling..." - School Library Journal Echo Alkaev’s safe and carefully structured world falls apart when her father leaves for the city and mysteriously disappears. Believing he is lost forever, Echo is shocked to find him half-frozen in the winter forest six months later, guarded by a strange talking wolf—the same creature who attacked her as a child. The wolf presents Echo with an ultimatum: if she lives with him for one year, he will ensure her father makes it home safely. But there is more to the wolf than Echo realizes. In his enchanted house beneath a mountain, each room must be sewn together to keep the home from unraveling, and something new and dark and strange lies behind every door. When centuries-old secrets unfold, Echo discovers a magical library full of books- turned-mirrors, and a young man named Hal who is trapped inside of them. As the year ticks by, the rooms begin to disappear and Echo must solve the mystery of the wolf’s enchantment before her time is up otherwise Echo, the wolf, and Hal will be lost forever.

      Echo North2019
      3.8