The Regency Switch

The Holiday meets Lost in Austen, with a sprinkling of Bridgerton steam. A gloriously witty, escapist and heartwarming romantic comedy about love, finding your people and living life to the full.
Etta Moore expects nothing more from a Tuesday than another dull day in the office. But when her morning commute ends in Regency England, she is forced to accept the impossible: she and her ancestor Miss Henrietta Bainbridge - or 'Mad Hetty', as she's known amongst the ton - have switched bodies.
Suddenly Etta and Hetty must get to grips with the new worlds they find themselves in. For Etta, it's goodbye to Tinder and the Tube and hello to the list of things 'Ladies Do Not' do. Luckily the dashing Lord Stanhope is on hand to aid her through even the most shocking of faux pas.
Meanwhile Hetty, who has always felt unseen and unknown, finds her truest self blossoming with the help of 21st century medicine and the most welcome attentions of her rather beautiful adult-learning teacher, Stella.
Two hundred years away from everything they've ever known, might Etta and Hetty have actually found a place where they each truly belong?

Helen Gaskell is a freelance content designer who works primarily on GOV.UK projects. Recently, she led the content design for the government's first public-facing AI project. Helen spent the first decade or so of her career at the BBC and in 2016 spearheaded an award-winning body positivity campaign that garnered millions of views across social media. During the pandemic, Helen worked for Copenhagen-based Tactile Games as a writer for bestselling game Lily's Garden (with over a million daily players) and penned the first sapphic romance storyline for a mobile phone game. She has spoken on narrative design for the Romantic Novelists' Association and is the first games writer to be admitted as a full member.

Helen lives in Manchester with her daughter, cat, dog and husband (in order of precedence). When she's not immersed in romantic novels, she's usually halfway through one of many niche handicrafts.