My Othello

Dr. Madeline Lovette built a life on language. As a respected Shakespeare professor and columnist behind the viral “Ms. Shakespeare” series, she’s spent years dissecting love, tragedy, and betrayal on the page, never expecting to live them so literally.

After fleeing an abusive ex and a failed trial that left her labeled a victim, Maddie sought refuge in New Orleans, hoping to disappear into poetry and distance. What she found instead was Peyton: a brilliant, obsessive sculptor who carved love out of clay and shadow. Their affair was fast, intoxicating... until Maddie tried to leave.

Now she’s being hunted through the bayou by the woman who once worshipped her.

Peyton has killed before.

She’s an artist of flesh and ritual, reciting Shakespeare and composing haikus between steps, convinced this is the final act of a love story Maddie never agreed to be a part of. With the swamp closing in, Maddie must reckon with her past; what she’s survived and what she’s buried, and decide if she’ll remain a character in someone else’s play, or rewrite the ending herself.