Overview

Somerset, England, 1715 'All she could think of was Isabella Wiston – Bell. Bell had cast a spell upon her which had still not broken. Hope had set eyes upon her and piped and danced for her alone. Then over the wassail cup their eyes had met. No longer the young mistress of the manor, glimpsed distantly in church or darkly on horseback against the sky, but a girl, a soft face candlelit and startled. Hope fell asleep thinking of that moment.' To get closer to Bell, Hope becomes her maid. But as their attachment blossoms, the Jacobite uprising sweeps through the land and brings violence to their door. After Bell's family is targeted by King George's troops, the two girls find themselves on the run. They seek refuge in Bath before fleeing north through the Welsh Borders. Amid the turmoil, a cottage called Brynsquilver offers some sanctuary. But when mortal danger threatens, how will the two girls and their love survive? A thrilling lesbian romance that broke new ground in the 1990s, Rebellion is the first in the Brynsquilver cycle – reissued to coincide with Jay Taverner’s long-awaited new novel, Liberty.