



Jennifer’s first novel, The Tea Rose, an epic historical novel set in London and New York in the late 19th century, was called “exquisite” by Booklist, “so much fun” by the Washington Post, a “guilty pleasure” by People and was named a Top Pick by the Romantic Times. She grew up in New York State, in Lewis and Westchester counties, and attended the University of Rochester where she majored in English Literature and European History. She is a co-author of Fatal Throne, which explores the lives of King Henry VIII's six wives, for which she wrote the part of Anna of Cleves, Henry's fourth wife. Jennifer Donnelly is the author of thirteen novels - Poisoned, Stepsister, Lost in a Book, These Shallow Graves, Sea Spell, Dark Tide, Rogue Wave, Deep Blue, Revolution, A Northern Light, The Tea Rose, The Winter Rose and The Wild Rose - and Humble Pie, a picture book for children. They face down danger and death, only to endure a game-changing betrayal, as shocking as a rogue wave. She escapes and travels to Kandina, where her talisman is in the possession of fearsome razormouth dragons.Īs they hunt for their talismans, both Serafina and Neela find reserves of courage and cunning they didn't know they possessed. But they find her story outlandish a sign that she needs to be confined to her chamber for rest and recovery. Neela travels to Matali to warn her parents of the grave threat facing their world.

The pain of seeing him turned traitor is devastating. While researching its location, she is almost discovered by a death rider patrol led by someone familiar. Serafina believes her talisman was buried with an old shipwreck. To do so, they need to find magical talismans that belonged to the Six. The ancient evil that destroyed Atlantis is stirring again, and only the mermaids can defeat it. Serafina, Neela, Ling, Ava, Becca, and Astrid, six mermaids from realms scattered throughout the seas and freshwaters, were summoned by the leader of the river witches to learn an incredible truth: the mermaids are direct descendants of the Six Who Ruled-powerful mages who once governed the lost empire of Atlantis.
