A lot of my worldbuilding/inspiration comes from historical sources. For those interested in non-fic recommendations, or who want to see where my sources come from, here you go. I've also added some of my favorite books in general that have helped inspire me in one way or another. :)

⚜ The White Cockade: Historical Tales of the Jacobites, Stuart McHardy | Amazon
⚜ School of the Moon: The Highland Cattle-raiding Tradition, Stuart McHardy
⚜ SHE-WOLF: A Cultural History of Female Werewolves, Contributing Authors, Edited by Hannah Priest | Amazon
⚜ Werewolves: A Field Guide to Shapeshifters, Lycanthropes, and Man-Beasts, Dr. Bob Curran | Amazon
⚜ Maids, Wives, Widows: Exploring Early Modern Women's Lives, 1540–1740, Sara Read
⚜ Fear: A Cultural History, Joanna Bourke
⚜ 1715: The Great Jacobite Rebellion, Daniel Szechi
⚜ Scottish History for Dummies, William Knox
⚜ The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776, Duane Meyer
⚜ Folklore of the Scottish Highlands, Anne Ross
⚜ The Involuntary American: A Scottish Prisoner's Journey to the New World, Carol Gardner
⚜ "I Give You My Body . . .": How I Write Sex Scenes, Diana Gabaldon

⚜ Flight of the Heron, D. K. Broster
⚜ Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery, Brom
⚜ The Bookseller of Inverness, S.G. MacLean
⚜ On the Use of Shape-Shifters in Warfare, Marko Kloos
⚜ Corrag, Susan Fletcher
⚜ The Revenant, Michael Punke
⚜ Legends of the Fall, Jim Harrison
⚜ Abundance, Sena Jeter Naslund
⚜ The Terror, Dan Simmons
⚜ Die Wand (The Wall), Marlen Haushofer