The Other Side of the River - Softcover

‘Once again Jessica Blair has written an engrossing piece of romantic fiction (THE RESTLESS SPIRIT) in the manner of Catherine Cookson and Josephine Cox. Recommended’Yorkshire Evening Press

Victorian Whitby is the setting for Jessica Blair’s latest saga, a tale of lost inheritances, family feuds and starcrossed lovers — in the jet-carving industry.

The Other Side of the River tells the story of Gennetta Turner, whose father owns a large jet-carving company. Competition between the companies is intense, and Mr Turner devises a way of consolidating his hold over the town by marrying his daughter off to the son of his arch-rival. However, Gennetta is wildly in love with her childhood sweetheart, a young sailor.

How Gennetta foils her father’s plan, defies local custom and makes a success of her own career is related in Jessica Blair’s inimitable style, full of pace, adventure and appealing local detail.