Books by Janet MacLeod Trotter

1740s: growing up on a remote Scottish island, beautiful and free-spirited Flora MacDonald is in love with childhood sweetheart, elusive Jacobite, Neil, yet increasingly drawn to passionate and handsome Allan. But tragedy strikes and the fate of a fugitive prince is in her hands. Will she risk everything for the sake of those she loves?

Haunted by childhood poverty and eviction, Millie sees security with dashing Dan Nixon, who pursues his dream of playing professional football to escape the hardship and dangers of the mines and for a while it seems their dreams will come true. But when tragedy strikes and a terrible long-kept secret is exposed, Millie is tested to the limit.

1931: pretty Clara Magee is devastated by her father's suicide and forced to sell the family shop. She is in love with idealist Frank but pursued by businessman Vinnie Craven. Tempted by the glamorous life he is offering, Clara hasn't bargained for ruthless Vinnie's growing fascination for Mosley's Fascist Party. Yet the greatest shock is to come.

1946: a boatload of men returning from war are shipwrecked off a remote Scottish island; but the women are also hiding a shameful secret. Present Day: Tensions mount as journalist Ally Niven sets out to discover the truth behind the Kulah story and the secrets that handsome reclusive artist John Balmain is determined to keep from her at all costs

Young Emmie is rescued from a Gateshead slum by radical mining family the MacRaes. Blossoming into a spirited woman Emmie is wooed by handsome Tom, learning too late he is violent. As war engulfs Europe in 1914, Tom enlists but Emmie supports conscientious objector Rab MacRae and soon they are in love. Then he is arrested and Emmie outcast...

Growing up on 1960s Tyneside, fun-loving Jo has a special bond with lively, rebellious Mark Duggan. But when Jo has a disastrous affair with Mark's brother, she finds herself outcast and estranged from the man she really loves. As the Falklands War starts, Mark is called up and tragic family secrets come to light that could ruin all their futures.

Raised in the slums of Edwardian Tyneside, spirited and out-spoken Maggie Beaton joins the ranks of the suffragettes but is soon a fugitive, spurned by family and friends. Only passionate trade unionist George Gordon stands by her but as the 1st World War looms, Maggie's endurance will be tested to the limit. A moving family drama.

A gripping historical love story which moves from the lawless Scottish Highlands to the dangers and intrigues of the Jacobean court in 16th century Edinburgh. Witchcraft, treachery and danger conspire to keep fiery Mairi Lismore apart from nobleman Douglas Roskill, the man she loves.

An emotionally charged family drama set against the momentous backdrop of the 1984 Miners' Strike that divided a nation. Rebellious Carol defies her family to marry miner Mick Todd, but the strike brings tragedy, shocking secrets and tests their love to the limits.

When pretty Sara Pallister's father dies she is taken in by a bullying uncle in Whitton Grange pit-town. Here she is irresistibly drawn to motorbike-riding Joe Dimarco, wild son of the extrovert Italians who run the ice-cream parlour. But as war comes and hostility to the Italians erupts into violence, Sara and Jo's passionate love seems doomed.

The Great War is over but life in Whitton Grange mining village is hard and dangerous. Louie Kirkup fears becoming a spinster drudge until she sets eyes on 'Red' Sam Ritson: hard, muscled and a natural leader. But the General Strike looms and Louie fears for the fate of her village and unborn child, as the strain takes its tragic toll.

Childhood memoir of a Beatle-mad, ex-pat Scot growing up in the North-East of England in the 1960s and journeying to Skye. The only girl in a boys' boarding school, Janet's amusing and touching tales vividly re-create the lost world of '60s Durham and the Scottish Highlands before mass tourism.

Rebellious Catherine (Kitty) McMullen, resentful of her new step-father and yearning to escape impoverished Jarrow, determines to educate herself.Soon streetwise Kitty is a ghost of the past and the well-spoken, well-read Catherine leaves the north-east to follow her dreams.But she encounters hardship and heartbreak on the road to self-discovery.

To escape her possessive and drunken step-father, Kate is sent away from teaming Jarrow to work on the Ravensworth Estate. She is soon attracting the attention of charming, headstrong Alexander and dares to dream of a future with him. But when Kate discovers herself pregnant and alone she must return to face the wrath of her step-father.

Brought up on her parents' smallholding in Jarrow in the harsh years of the 1870s, Rose dreams of a world beyond the grime of the town, a world glimpsed at a fairytale wedding at Ravensworth as a child. Capturing the heart of steelworker William a better life is in reach. But tragedy strikes and Rose must save her young family from destitution.

Amber English, haunted by the disappearance of her Aunt Ruth on an overland trip to India in the 1970s, determines to get at the truth. Was it murder or suicide? Tracking down co-travellers, Amber begins a journey of discovery that leads to dark secrets and lost love, and the revelation of a tragedy much closer to home.