White Rose Rebel

'Pacy, racy ... a claymore-swinging, heather-igniting, historical adventure'  Sunday Times

Janet Paisley&rsquo;s oeuvre includes five poetry collections, two of short fiction, a novella and numerous plays, radio, TV and film scripts. Accolades include a prestigious Creative Scotland Award (Not for Glory, stories), the Peggy Ramsay Memorial Award (Refuge, a play) and a BAFTA nomination (Long Haul, a short film). Her poetry and short stories have been translated into seven languages and are widely anthologized. White Rose Rebel is her first novel.

Anne Farquharson is a Highland girl &ndash; tempestuous, bold, determined to be her own woman. Yet the clan Farquharson is threatened. The Highlands suffer at the domineering hand of English King George, while there are rumours that Bonnie Prince Charlie, exiled to France, is raising an army in a bid for the throne. 
 
When Anne marries a clan chief and creates a shaky alliance, she is doing more than taking his bed. Soon she is drawn into the heart of a brutal and bloody conflict, and as the Jacobite rebellion escalates, she and her husband find themselves on opposite sides of the battlefield. 
 
White Rose Rebel is inspired by the true story of a Highland heroine who risked everything for her country and its rightful king.

Janet Paisley

Praise for White Rose Rebel: 
Pacy, racy . . . a hot little kilt-lifter

A powerful historical page-turner with a beautiful, feisty heroine

2,000 years ago on the Isle of Skye, a warrior is born. 
 
Daughter of an Iron Age warrior queen, Skaaha is wild, headstrong and revered. But she is also a child, and when a chariot race leaves her mother dead and the queen's rival Mara in her place, Skaaha's charmed life lies in ruins. 
 
Vulnerable, her future imperilled, Skaaha seeks to forge a life beyond the new queen's reach. But with rumour, fear and danger sweeping the island, she cannot remain unmoved. Broken by brutal misfortune, alone in a world of mistrust, Skaaha must unearth the courage to confront her enemies in defence of her people. 
 
Illuminated by the great Celtic fire festivals, Warrior Daughter is inspired by the historical Scathach, a fierce warrior woman of the first century AD and forerunner to the equally ferocious Boudicca.

Janet Paisley

Praise for Warrior Daughter

Praise for White Rose Rebel:
Pacy, racy . . . a hot little kilt-lifter

A powerful historical page-turner with a beautiful, feisty heroine

Books by Janet Paisley

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Praise for Warrior Daughter

Praise for White Rose Rebel: Pacy, racy . . . a hot little kilt-lifter

A powerful historical page-turner with a beautiful, feisty heroine

Books by Janet Paisley

Praise for White Rose Rebel:
Pacy, racy . . . a hot little kilt-lifter