Emma Noyes: “Dreams of Ruin”
You’re invited to a special event with novelist and Wilmette native Emma Noyes. Emma will be interviewed by American Writers
Museum President Carey Cranston about her books and the writing process. This event will take place at Towne & Oak (921 Green Bay Rd., Winnetka, IL 60093). Copies of Emma’s brand-new young adult book, Dreams of Ruin, will be gifted to guests, and Emma will sign after the program. Drinks and light hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Love, magic, gods, and monsters collide in the thrilling conclusion to the Soul of Shadow trilogy, a romantic fantasy for fans of Twilight and Teen Wolf. When Charlie Hudson awakens after her Trial, it’s to find that nothing will ever be the same. The king of the gods is plotting to destroy Asgard. Charlie and her brother are trapped a world away from the people they love most. And worst of all, she’s become the very thing she hates most: a night mare. Charlie’s transition is anything but smooth. Stuck in Helheim Palace, she must train her new shadow magic alongside dozens of soulless mares who would gladly turn her over to the enemy if they discovered she’s Loki’s true heir. Her only hope is Elias Everhart, her once-sworn enemy who has somehow become one of her closest allies. He’s promised to help train her mare abilities—an easy idea in theory, if her magic weren’t malfunctioning… and if being near Elias didn’t make the darkness within Charlie grow bigger and more all consuming by the day. Charlie is in a race against time to reconcile the powers warring within her. Because if the threat on Asgard isn’t enough to kill her… love certainly will be. Dreams of Ruin by Emma Noyes is the thrilling conclusion to the Soul of Shadow trilogy, where the only thing worse than becoming a nightmare, is loving one.
EMMA NOYES writes books about love, magic, and mental health for both the young adult and adult genre. Her works have been published in over a dozen languages and include Guy’s Girl, How to Hide in Plain Sight, The Sunken City series, and The Soul of Shadow series. She was named a 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30. She now lives in Chicago with her Swedish husband and their accident-prone Pomeranian.