Lily Kingman was always a little strange. On her eighteenth birthday she finds out why. Lily discovers a secret gate at the bottom of a river that takes her to FeyTerrah, a fantastic world of enchantment and danger. While there, she encounters Dreamer, the captivating elf she is destined to marry. Shortly thereafter, Lily undergoes a transformation that reveals her true nature. Escorted by a small group of elves and a fairy, Lily is taken to the land of her ancestors were she meets the fairy king. His Majesty believes Lily may just be the key to finding his missing daughter. So he sends Lily, with her escorts, back to Otherworld--the domain of the humans--to find the princess. Eventually Lily is forced to make a difficult decision. She must choose a world. Will she return to the beautiful yet strange land of her ancestors or stay among humans, even though she fears they will no longer accept her? This is the first book in the Dreamer's Forest.
JoElle was born in Oregon. At age eight, she moved to Guadalajara, Mexico with her family. After six years in Mexico she then moved to South Texas.
She has since lived in Central Texas, the Bay Area of California. Her current home is in Northern Nevada.
Her first paid published piece was for a local newspaper. JoElle regularly wrote feature stories of community interest (volunteering, homeschooling, the Boy Scouts Explorer Program, etc) for the San Jose Mercury News. She was also a staff writer for the San Jose bilingual newspaper El Observador.
She was a contributing writer for the California Homeschool News. Eventually she was offered the position of Regional Editor for the homeschool newsletter.
Around that time she finally began pursuing her dream of writing a novel. A year later she had finished the manuscript to "A Bridge in the Forest". Once JoElle began writing fantasy she couldn't stop. Her novel became the four book "Dreamer's Forest" series.
Her official website is at: www.joellemartin.com
