Erewhon Books announces The Changeling Queen, the debut novel author Kimberly Bea. A lush, feminist retelling of the Scottish “Ballad of Tam Lin”, The Changeling Queen is forthcoming in Fall 2025.
Born with Fae and mortal blood, changeling Bess Grieve fears there’s no true place for her on any side of the veil. Disowned by her adoptive family after the death of the woman who raised her, Bess builds herself a life with the help of her medical skills—and the handsome Thomas Shepherd. But the people of Selkirkshire see her as a scandal, and Thomas’s noble father bends his power to drive them apart. As Bess uses her Fae gifts to fight for Thomas’s heart, she’s drawn into a world of intrigue, sensuality, and luxury, where the laws of mortals can’t constrain her, and her own power runs deeper than she’s ever dreamed. The crown of Faerie might be hers—if she pays the price in Thomas’s blood.
I am nothing but thrilled to have Erewhon Books bring my debut novel, The Changeling Queen, into the world.
Truly an SFF fan’s SFF imprint, Erewhon focuses on blending engaging speculative fiction with thought-provoking social commentary. Erewhon is the perfect home for a story which uses bittersweet romance and historical fantasy to address questions of identity, power and responsibility, and reproductive freedoms that remain relevant today.
It can be a rare thing for an author to have someone read their book and immediately think, “Wow. That’s someone who gets what I was going for.” Yet that is exactly how I’ve felt reading Diana Pho’s editorial comments on my book. Every suggestion she made helps me to see my book in a clearer light, paving a path to make it the novel I truly want it to be. In the capable hands of the experts at Erewhon Books, I know The Changeling Queen will be something we can all be proud of, and that readers will enjoy for years to come.
—Kimberly Bea, author of The Changeling Queen
“Lyrical and deeply sensual, with a bold, intelligent and compassionate heroine at its center, The Changeling Queen swept me away with its atmospheric prose, intriguing historical setting and destined tragedy as the Queen narrates her rise to power before she appears in the famous Scottish ballad. I especially loved Kimberly’s seamless blending of history and folklore, medieval midwifery and modern medicine, all wrapped in sparkling Fae glamor. The Changeling Queen feels timely and timeless and I can’t wait to show this book to readers!”
—Diana M. Pho, Executive Editor with Erewhon Books
