Ailsa Ross
Hovel does not describe a neat journey of coming to love a place one hates, or lessons learned from the ancients to alleviate our modern ills. It’s about how our fantasies reveal our limits. It imagines how things could be different not only if we existed in an alternative time and place, but if we were bold enough to live in accordance with what we find beautiful, real, and true.
—Helena Duncan, author of Kismet
Strange Light, 2026
Historical Fiction; Literary Fiction; Women’s Fiction