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Contemporary Scottish Romance
Romance, secrets and second chances in Scotland.
Emotional contemporary romance set against the dramatic landscapes and close-knit communities of Scotland. Stories of love found again, truths held close, and the places that shape who we become.
The Series
Four Stories. Four Scottish Settings. Four Journeys to Love.
Four published novels. Each novel is a standalone story and can be read in any order. Begin with the Scottish setting and story that speak to you.
Northern Lights Romance · Book 1
Setting: Inveraray, Loch Fyne, Argyll
After fifteen years away, Moira Campbell returns to Inveraray, the small Scottish harbour town she fled in disgrace.
Northern Lights Romance · Book 2
Setting: Loch Fyne, Argyll
A stranded design consultant. A grieving, grumpy Highlander. A cottage that refuses to be finished, much like the two of them.
Northern Lights Romance · Book 3
Setting: Dornoch coast
Frances rents an isolated croft on the Dornoch coast to find the quiet she needs to finish her novel. Ewan, a local teacher rebuilding his life after loss, arrives to fix her stove.
Northern Lights Romance · Book 4
Setting: Helmsdale, River Helmsdale
Kirsty has raised her daughter Ellie alone in Helmsdale. Ross arrives for his first head bailiff's post on the River Helmsdale, determined to prove he can stay.
Choose by character, place or mood. The reading order is yours.
Landscapes that linger long after the last page.
The Author
Isabelle Macleod writes romantic stories inspired by Scotland’s dramatic landscapes, quiet communities and the complicated paths that lead people back to love.
Her fiction is rooted in atmosphere: harbour towns after rain, lochs under changing skies, stone cottages holding old secrets, and the everyday courage of characters who choose each other when it would be easier to walk away.
Through the Northern Lights Romance series, Isabelle invites readers into contemporary Scottish settings where love is hard-won, second chances are earned, and place itself becomes part of the story.
Place & Atmosphere
Each novel has its own setting. Follow the stories from Inveraray and Loch Fyne in Argyll to the Dornoch coast and Helmsdale on the River Helmsdale. Choose a place and meet the people whose lives unfold there.
Northern Lights Romance · Book 1
After fifteen years away, Moira Campbell returns to Inveraray, the small Scottish harbour town she fled in disgrace.
Read The Harbour Lights of Inveraray
Northern Lights Romance · Book 2
A stranded design consultant. A grieving, grumpy Highlander. A cottage that refuses to be finished, much like the two of them.
Read Restoring Loch Fyne
Northern Lights Romance · Book 3
Frances rents an isolated croft on the Dornoch coast to find the quiet she needs to finish her novel. Ewan, a local teacher rebuilding his life after loss, arrives to fix her stove.
Read The Croft on the FirthNorthern Lights Romance · Book 4
Kirsty has raised her daughter Ellie alone in Helmsdale. Ross arrives for his first head bailiff's post on the River Helmsdale, determined to prove he can stay.
Read The Bailiff at HelmsdaleFour Stories. Four Scottish Settings. Four Journeys to Love.
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Stories, Romance & Scottish Places
I'm glad you're here. This is my quiet corner for stories, romance and Scottish places, with updates about my four standalone Northern Lights Romance novels when there's news to share.
Notes on the lochs, harbours, villages and coastal settings readers meet in the novels.
Reflections on relationships, second chances and new beginnings.
Conversations about storytelling, characters and the creative writing process.
Updates on four standalone Scottish romance novels and future books.
Northern Lights Romance
Four stories. Four Scottish settings. Four journeys to love.
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