Crosscurrents

Author(s): Jane Jackson

Location(s): Cornwall

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): Early 1800s

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Appalled by the number of deaths caused by exploding steam boilers, Santo Julian is developing an entirely new and safe engine. His backer is Richard Vaughan, heir to Frederick Tregarron, owner of Gillyvean estate. Desperate to prove the viability of his new engine, Santo persuades Richard to let him fit one to the water pump supplying Gillyvean’s brewhouse. Brewster Bronnen Jewell is horrified to find a stranger changing the water pump on which the brew and her livelihood depend. Following the tragic loss of his wife and baby son, Richard immersed himself in work. But his world is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival at Gillyvean of Melanie Tregarron, a talented artist and Frederick’s illegitimate youngest daughter. A shocking revelation shatters Bronnen’s world; desperate for money Santo makes a choice that costs him everything; Melanie fears she will never be free of her past; and Richard has to face his deepest fear.

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