The Rhymer of Ash Grove Deluxe Edition

This is a preorder. This deluxe edition will ship in November, 2026.

"These visions... they will not cease. You haunt me, Rhymer. And you make me want to dream new dreams."  — The Queen of Elfland (from The Fernie Brae

This gorgeous, chunky, deluxe omnibus edition includes both books of the Rhymer of Ash Grove duology: The Winding Road and The Fernie Brae

The deluxe case laminate hardback features:

• 👑 Gold Foil 
• 🦚 Gorgeous Full Color Sprayed Edges
• 🎨 Custom Color End Pages
• 🦋 Blue Ribbon Bookmark
• 🪡 Blue and White Sewn Head and Tail Bands
• 📖 Custom Color Chapter Heads
• 🪢 Custom Greyscale Page Borders

"I loved how traditional fae mythology was reimagined through a modern lens, and the college setting gave me a surprising wave of academic nostalgia." — A Goodreads Reviewer

The Two Novels:

The Winding Road

Sometimes an ordinary life comes with extraordinary stakes...

Enter Tom Learmont, mild-mannered poet and professor of literature. Tom's life seems perfectly ordinary… But Tom has a secret not even eir best friend knows.

Tom lost years—decades—trapped in Elfland. Underhill. Faery. Whatever you want to call it. Very few escape from there, and those that do? Well, it remains to be seen if Underhill ever releases its grip on heart and soul.

Tom has mostly adjusted to a quiet, introverted life back in the human realms, with Underhill a distant memory. Until one day, sitting on the porch swing of Tom's hundred-something year old Craftsman house... She appears. 

The Queen of Elfland has returned.

The Fernie Brae

When wild Elfland magic gifts a poet with the powers of truth, sometimes the poet must face the truth about themself...

After a mighty battle with unscrupulous elves that rocked Ash Grove, Professor Tom Learmont is settling into eir new role as the Rhymer. Life is good. Tom has friends, work is going well, and the once-elusive poetry is flowing. 

Then one of Tom's students gets possessed by a mysterious entity, and the Queen of Elfland appears once more. Is Gloriana there to help, or is something more sinister going on?

As two ravens scratch out unsettling, cryptic messages, the mystery unfolds. Tom must dig deep and fully claim the magic humming in eir blood. Battle is come to Ash Grove once again... 

And something is in the water.