Northumberland farm visit inspires bestselling author's new book series
A bestselling author is releasing a brand-new book series inspired by a Northumberland farm.
Jessica Redland is the multi-million copy bestselling author behind the Hedgehog Hollow, Whitsborough Bay and Escape to the Lakes series.
Jessica was born in Teesside to parents from County Durham and has lived in North Yorkshire for the past 20 years.
She is passionate about the North and all her books showcase the areas she knows and loves, most notably the North Yorkshire coast.
Eager to add Northumberland to her repertoire, she found inspiration for her new novel from a visit to Hay Farm Heavy Horse Centre and the nearby villages of Ford and Etal in summer last year.
The latest book Blue Skies Ahead is Jessica’s 30th novel and is the first in a new four-book series called The Blue Skies Collection.
The fictional Hazelwick Farm provides the setting for this story of three generations of women starting over, and each subsequent book will be set in a fictional village inspired by this beautiful area of Northumberland.
Viv Cockburn from Hay Farm Heavy Horse Centre commented: “Last week a lady came into the centre, for what we thought was a look around.
"It turned out that she had visited last year with her elderly father in law and the centre inspired her so much to write her next series of books.”
Blue Skies Ahead will be officially released on Monday July 27, for sale in all formats including eBook, paperback, hardback, large print and audiobook.
The book will also be for sale at the Hay Farm Heavy Horse Centre.