1779
On tumultuous waters a girl is born as pirates board the ship . . .
Jiddy Vardy is a survivor.
Rescued at birth, she grows up in Robin Hood’s Bay, a community which harbours a dangerous secret that could get you killed.
Always the outsider, with her dark skin and hair, at sixteen Jiddy is clever, brave and headstrong, soon risking her life and freedom to play her part in the Bay’s clandestine activities.
Then, just as romance blossoms and Jiddy finally feels like she belongs, figures from the past threaten to tear her world apart, and she has to decide where her loyalties truly lie.
A thrilling tale of one girl’s search for identity and love, set against a backdrop of wild seas, smuggling and violence.
Ruth Estevez
Historical Fiction | Women's Fiction
7 July 2018
450 Pages
Jiddy Vardy, #2
11 November 2021
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.
Jiddy Vardy, #3
Pubbed December 2nd!
1796
When the sea can’t be put on trial for murder, who must pay the price?
A smuggler with a conscience, the defiant and contradictory Jiddy Vardy sets out to find choices and freedom for local girls worn thin by poverty.
Caught in the net that is Robin Hood’s Bay, Jiddy looks to majestic York, little realising that even loved ones can cage you when they think they are offering the chance of a lifetime.
Head inland to the promise of work, out to sea to the unknown, or stay in a close-knit community of smugglers and familiar faces?
What’s it to be for our endlessly curious, yet ultimately open-hearted Jiddy Vardy?
Ruth Estevez was born in Yorkshire. Often the much loved landscape is a third character in her novels. A career in theatre, TV and a subscription library have influenced her work. Script writing for Bob the Builder morphed into novel writing. Very much a Northern writer with Latin touches. Interested in social differences, the outsider and finding our place in the world.
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