Why the Jacmuir Series was Created
Hi Everyone,
Here's something wild: this series is set in New Jersey, and I'd bet money you've never read a fantasy series set here before. That's on purpose. There's a hidden kingdom veiled somewhere in the Garden State's Pinelands, and once you know it's there, you'll never look at a homecoming party, a dorm hallway, or a late-night dining hall run the same way again.
I grew up obsessed with chivalry, King Arthur, my Bible, and Marvel Comics, and somewhere along the way those three things stopped feeling separate. Jacmuir is what happens when you let knights, faith, and the very real chaos of being a young adult sit in the same room together.
I owe a real debt to my Christian faith, and to two professors at Stockton, Drs. Thomas Kinsella and Kenneth Tompkins, who pushed me to build characters who feel like people you actually know, not archetypes standing in for a "type." Every lead in this series comes from a different corner of the world you'd recognize, different backgrounds, different pressures, different ways of carrying weight nobody else can see. That was never optional for me. It's the whole point.
Before Jacmuir, there was the Sheridan Series, my first attempt at juggling multiple storylines and characters layered deep enough to feel real. If you've read South Beach, you know what I mean, those characters don't let go of you easily. I needed that practice before I could do right by Natro, Resna, Xavor, and everyone else waiting for you in Jacmuir.
Here's the honest truth about why this series exists: I spent years working on college campuses, and it changed how I see young adulthood completely. There's a texture to campus life you can't fake if you haven't lived inside it, the specific exhaustion of finals week, the way a friend group becomes your actual family, the quiet terror of realizing the adults you looked up to have been performing all along. I watched students wrestle with what their parents expected of them versus who they were actually becoming, in real time, semester after semester. That's not backstory for me. That's the whole engine of this series.
So here's what you're actually getting: a story that doesn't flinch. Jacmuir goes to real places, family wounds, mental health, the pressure to be perfect, the cost of secrets, and it never sugarcoats any of it. But it's also genuinely fun, with funny dialogue, real friendship, pivotal situations, and betrayals you'll see coming a beat too late to predict. This isn't New Adult fiction built around romance and physicality. It's something rarer, a series that trusts you to handle hard things and still walks alongside you while you do.
If you're in New Jersey, this one's for you first, you'll recognize the Garden state in every page even when it's not named. And if you're reading from anywhere else in the world, welcome to Jacmuir. I think you'll find yourself here too.
The series is available now, wherever books are sold, in paperback and ebook, at your local library too. I'd be honored to have you start the journey with us.
I'm humbled by your readership and thankful for your support,
Angeline M. Bishop
Here's something wild: this series is set in New Jersey, and I'd bet money you've never read a fantasy series set here before. That's on purpose. There's a hidden kingdom veiled somewhere in the Garden State's Pinelands, and once you know it's there, you'll never look at a homecoming party, a dorm hallway, or a late-night dining hall run the same way again.
I grew up obsessed with chivalry, King Arthur, my Bible, and Marvel Comics, and somewhere along the way those three things stopped feeling separate. Jacmuir is what happens when you let knights, faith, and the very real chaos of being a young adult sit in the same room together.
I owe a real debt to my Christian faith, and to two professors at Stockton, Drs. Thomas Kinsella and Kenneth Tompkins, who pushed me to build characters who feel like people you actually know, not archetypes standing in for a "type." Every lead in this series comes from a different corner of the world you'd recognize, different backgrounds, different pressures, different ways of carrying weight nobody else can see. That was never optional for me. It's the whole point.
Before Jacmuir, there was the Sheridan Series, my first attempt at juggling multiple storylines and characters layered deep enough to feel real. If you've read South Beach, you know what I mean, those characters don't let go of you easily. I needed that practice before I could do right by Natro, Resna, Xavor, and everyone else waiting for you in Jacmuir.
Here's the honest truth about why this series exists: I spent years working on college campuses, and it changed how I see young adulthood completely. There's a texture to campus life you can't fake if you haven't lived inside it, the specific exhaustion of finals week, the way a friend group becomes your actual family, the quiet terror of realizing the adults you looked up to have been performing all along. I watched students wrestle with what their parents expected of them versus who they were actually becoming, in real time, semester after semester. That's not backstory for me. That's the whole engine of this series.
So here's what you're actually getting: a story that doesn't flinch. Jacmuir goes to real places, family wounds, mental health, the pressure to be perfect, the cost of secrets, and it never sugarcoats any of it. But it's also genuinely fun, with funny dialogue, real friendship, pivotal situations, and betrayals you'll see coming a beat too late to predict. This isn't New Adult fiction built around romance and physicality. It's something rarer, a series that trusts you to handle hard things and still walks alongside you while you do.
If you're in New Jersey, this one's for you first, you'll recognize the Garden state in every page even when it's not named. And if you're reading from anywhere else in the world, welcome to Jacmuir. I think you'll find yourself here too.
The series is available now, wherever books are sold, in paperback and ebook, at your local library too. I'd be honored to have you start the journey with us.
I'm humbled by your readership and thankful for your support,
Angeline M. Bishop
