A Wounded Gentleman

Henry

I've returned home from the war in France one-armed and defeated. While I was fighting at Waterloo, my father, brother, and sister-in-law all died, leaving me alone to raise my baby niece. I'm a broken man, and this new battle feels impossible to win. Only the assistance of my valet Percy, who refuses to leave my employ, offers me any hope.

Percy

My feelings for Henry are even more intense now than when we kissed all those years ago. Since those carefree days, I've put aside my feelings for him, and I'm now acting as his missing right arm. I take care of his needs, and his niece's, while suppressing my own. As our intimacy grows, I can't help but wonder if he might return my affections after all. But our respective ranks and the dangers for men of our kind form an impenetrable wall between us.

A Wounded Gentleman is a 17k Regency gay romance novella set in Jane Austen's Persuasion world about a valet in love with the lord who is seeking redemption after being a rake.