We are thrilled to announce that we have signed two new Regency novels by Graham Ley: A Gentleman’s Daughter and The Gentleman’s Banker.
Book 1 in the Wentworth Family Regency Saga
Graham is the author of the Wentworth Family Regency Saga series: absorbing historical novels set between England and France during the French Revolution.
In Graham’s words:
“I am absolutely delighted to have my two new books, A Gentleman’s Daughter and The Gentlemen’s Banker, under contract. I chose Bath in 1793 for A Gentleman’s Daughter because the city is already poised for Regency splendour but finds itself rocked by the revolutionary turmoil in France, with confidence shaken and corruption in the air. How surprising is it, then, that the city is full of people from different classes of society who are not who they claim to be, acting out a masquerade with lives and reputations at stake? And when the city becomes too hot for one young woman escaping from her oppressive brother, the attractions of a different life on the Devon coast bring her into contact with the romance and the harsh realities of smuggling in The Gentlemen’s Banker.
“I have always been attracted to the Napoleonic era and in particular to the 1790s, with Britain caught up in the waves of disturbance flowing from Paris, and people wrestling with the new world of unaccustomed freedoms. I have been determined in all my novels to convey an intimate picture of this time, relaxed and almost familiar, so readers will sense the feelings and the difficulties of my characters — as if they were standing in the same room, or the same street, or smelling the same wax candles.”
Congratulations to Graham Ley, whose gripping historical saga, The Baron Returns, is out now!
The Baron Returns is the first book in The Kergohan Regency Drama Series.
Devon and Brittany, 1795
In the aftermath of the bloody French Revolution, the British government is anxious to prevent revolutionary ideals from crossing the Channel.
As a seasoned army captain with an estate in Brittany, English-French aristocrat Justin Wentworth is sent to France to assist the Chouannerie — a royalist uprising against the new regime.
Back at Chittesleigh Manor, his Devonshire estate, Justin’s mother and sister anxiously await his return, alongside family friend Arabella Wollaston. Harbouring a secret affection for Justin, Arabella listens carefully for clues about his movements.
When she notices suspicious behaviour around Chittesleigh, Arabella suspects that the Wentworth family is being watched and decides to discreetly investigate.
But with plots and treachery seemingly rife throughout the realm, she soon begins to wonder whether she has stumbled across a wider web of subterfuge…
We are delighted to announce that we have signed up a new Regency series by Graham Ley.
The Kergohan Regency Drama Series tells the story of the Wentworth family, English-French aristocrats living in Devonshire. The first book in the series, The Baron Returns, follows Justin Wentworth — a young army captain — as he makes the perilous journey to Brittany to assist a royalist uprising during the French Revolution.
The Baron Returns is available to pre-order and will be published in April 2022. The second book in the series will be released later this year.
In Graham’s words:
“I originally decided to write an historical novel in honour of my mother, Alice Chetwynd Ley, whose complete backlist (including a forgotten title, An Eligible Gentleman) has been published by Amy and the team at Sapere.
“After my first book had been accepted for publication, I found that a number of the characters were calling out for their stories to be followed through. So The Baron Returns was soon followed by a second novel, in which Arabella, the forthright heroine who had refused to let suspicions against her beloved Justin rest unchallenged, now stood up for his sister against an unscrupulous admirer.
“Both novels feature a dual and interweaved storyline, with characters in rural Brittany bound up with events in England in the turbulent period of the years just after the French revolution in 1789. And now a third novel is in preparation, which casts the intrigue into Devon and London as well as embracing love and betrayal in Brittany.
“The name of the series, The Kergohan Regency Drama Series, refers to the manor in rural Brittany that is at the centre of much of the story. The cover of The Baron Returns sets the scene magnificently, and I am delighted to have become a Sapere author.”
