“This is an amazingly powerful book...”

White Rose Rebel is incredibly readable, pacy, lusty, rousing and richly imagined. It is the story of a couple torn apart and set against each other, finding themselves on opposite sides of the battle during the Jacobite Rebellion.
Anne Farquharson is elated when the Jacobites rebel in 1745 and horrified when her husband joins the government army. She raises his clan and, with her lover at her side, joins the rising to become its legendary Colonel Anne.

Penguin - Scottish BOOK OF THE MONTH - Waterstones July 2007

“Paisley is first-rate” - Scottish Review of Books - “she has reinvented the form and made it her own... her invention of Anne Farquharson is a triumph.”

“An astounding historical novel, exploring the Jacobite era from a gloriously passionate feminine perspective”

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“This is an amazingly powerful book... A stunning debut novel.” Hot Brands Cool Places

“A complex, passionate love triangle; a realistic look at the horrific consequences of war...” Publishers Weekly

“This book has it all. It makes you laugh and cry... a fantastic Historical novel” Romantic Fiction

“Anne’s dilemma... is brutally punctured by battle scenes of eye-watering gore” Financial Times

“as feisty a heroine as you could wish to meet.” Arran Voice “What’s not to love?” The Tennessean

“never less than utterly engaging.” Stirling Observer “Highly recommended” Charlotee & Mecklenburg Library

“brings a host of historical figures to life... a great read full of glamorous brave women” Northern Times

“Het is een zalig boek.” Boekgrrls - “Dit boek heeft het allemaal.” Romantische Boeken

Prestonpans Review discussing Paisley's White Rose Rebel and Gabaldon's Dragonfly in Amber

Read the opening of White Rose Rebel from Penguin Australia

This is history at its most magnificent - New Books Magazine

The inspirational story of Scotland’s warrior queen - Herald

a hotblooded riposte to the Highland machismo of clan history - Sunday Herald

an empowering and rip-roaring yarn - Scotland on Sunday

a swashbuckling adventure - The Gloss Magazine

[Paisley’s] creation of Anne Farquharson is a triumph - Scottish Review of Books

Like Scott, [Paisley] understands how ordinary people can be swallowed up or transformed by history. - Sunday Herald

[Paisley] does it with elegance and sensuality... The Scotsman ... a powerful historical page-turner.

A hot little kilt lifter - Sunday Times - a claymore-swinging, heather-igniting, historical adventure.

White Rose Rebel will make your heart soar and your Saltire swing - Daily Record

A complex, passionate love triangle; a realistic look at the horrific consequences of war; and a balanced, satisfying resolution mark Paisley’s notable first novel - Publisher’s Weekly

Dit boek heeft het allemaal - Romantische Boeken - Het is een zalig boek (a glorious book) - Boekgrrls

Janet Paisley talks to Penguin and Books from Scotland about White Rose Rebel

The author talks to Scotland on Sunday and The Sunday Herald