The Mayflower Collection

Jedediah Trelawney joins a small, overcrowded ship bound for America. A young man from a privileged background, he struggles to adapt to life at sea. Determined to earn the respect of his fellow passengers, he undertakes arduous tasks alongside the crew, but Jed is not cut out for the life of a sailor.

America, 1620. Desire Minter, 19 years old, is nursing the sick aboard the Mayflower when tragedy strikes and a young woman dies. With disease rife and food stores running low, the passengers weaken and are desperate to move ashore. As the death toll rises, Desire takes courage from her betrothed, an ambitious young physician named Jedediah Trelawney. But as building work begins on the new village of Plimoth, a brutal winter brings uncertainty for everyone, eroding Jed’s confidence and leaving Desire wondering if she has a future in this unfamiliar land…

Hester feels like an outsider, and not only because of her limp. When a deep unease consumes her, she seeks reassurance that she belongs, but working alongside her midwife mother her turmoil grows more intense. Then, a shocking discovery turns her world upside down. The blacksmith’s son hints at a future together, but while Hester strives to make sense of her life, she can surrender her heart to no-one. When Hester takes action to uncover the truth about her past, it is darker than she imagined. She must reckon with who she is and where she truly belongs.

Desire Minter was a passenger on the famous Mayflower voyage of 1620. But who was she? And why did she make that journey? Winds of Change is a short novella introducing a character from Running with the Wind and The Winter Years.