Carol Lee Campbell spins a new story based on very old practices of love, magic and rebellion. Mathilde has few options. She is part of the peasantry but finds hope when a visiting monk takes an interest in her poetry. He steals it instead. While Mathilde must walk a difficult line of proving her own worth in early modern England when witch hunts were gaining steam, we become witness to the unseen where rogue women resist early capitalism and unusual friends make alliances with fairy folk. The Rebel Rose is a homage to everyone who will fight to have their voices heard.

Carol Lee Campbell is an award-winning writer, musician and professor. She is the creator of Crone Stones, a widely popular divination oracle that includes thirty-three porcelain stones and an accompanying book, Return to Wellness: The New Book of Crone Stones. Carol teaches Women's Studies and Greek Mythology at several Virginia community colleges and travels regionally as a performance artist and a dramaturg.