Jiddy Vardy

Book two in the smuggling trilogy.Jiddy Vardy relishes her return to Robin Hood's Bay……where high spring tides can sweep unsuspecting strangers into deep water.Jiddy is immediately immersed in smuggling runs, childhood friendships and the kisses of the one she loves.She is in her element, and she is invincible.But Jonas wants to earn an 'honest' living, Jiddy's adoptive mam is sick, and the captain of the Dragoons is more determined than ever to capture Bay Town's intrepid smugglers.As the stakes rise higher, Jiddy has to decide whether to abandon the life she loves or lose Jonas forever.***"A compelling, moving story, expertly told."Andrew Michael Hurley (The Loney, Devil's Day, Starve Acre)"Dramatic and atmospheric, this is a brilliant piece of historical fiction set by the sea."By The Pages of Mrs D Ruth Estevez was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire in 1961. Her father, Peter John Estevez was of Spanish descent, his family coming to London to set up a Sherry importing business from the family vineyard in Jerez de la Frontera. Her mother, Gladys Parkinson, was from Yorkshire ancestry, her grandfather being one of three or four coal merchants in Bradford to still be in business after World War Two. Before the war, there had been approximately sixty coal merchants.Recurring themes for Ruth are about belonging, finding a place in the world and what people will do when they have nothing left to lose. Her books tend to be based in Yorkshire, France and Formentera because she loves all three. Her strengths lie in place, character and dialogue. In the French tradition, plot feels secondary, but she is highly aware that the Western World loves plot, so she is working on it! But still remembering it's the STORY that counts. A historical trilogy set in eighteenth-century Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, England. Written by Ruth Estevez

Book Three: 1796Should Jiddy stay, or should she go?When Jonas left Robin Hood's Bay, he abandoned his vows to Jiddy. The sea engulfed Captain Samuel Ryethorpe, and his death exposed her once more as an outsider.Both young men believed they acted with high morals, but it was the amoral Captain Pinkney who threw Jiddy a lifeline.Now, the defiant seventeen-year-old resolves to find choices and freedom for local girls battered by poverty and confined by an insular community.Jiddy is determined. No man, no government, no place will hold them back.As friends find new beginnings, Jiddy looks across the moors to York, where love beckons. The North Sea entices with childhood dreams of distant places, but smuggling and hustling are all she has known.What's it to be for our endlessly curious and contradictory Jiddy Vardy?Dramatic and atmospheric…I would recommend to fans of historical fiction with strong female leads.– Praise for High Tide by The Pages of Mrs DBrutal, breathtaking and brilliant! After reading Jiddy's entire story, I've fallen in love with her. Such a legend!– Genevieve Robinson (Beta-reader) Ruth Estevez was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire in 1961. Her father, Peter John Estevez was of Spanish descent, his family coming to London to set up a Sherry importing business from the family vineyard in Jerez de la Frontera. Her mother, Gladys Parkinson, was from Yorkshire ancestry, her grandfather being one of three or four coal merchants in Bradford to still be in business after World War Two. Before the war, there had been approximately sixty coal merchants.Recurring themes for Ruth are about belonging, finding a place in the world and what people will do when they have nothing left to lose. Her books tend to be based in Yorkshire, France and Formentera because she loves all three. Her strengths lie in place, character and dialogue. In the French tradition, plot feels secondary, but she is highly aware that the Western World loves plot, so she is working on it! But still remembering it's the STORY that counts. A historical trilogy set in eighteenth-century Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, England. Written by Ruth Estevez