Sovay

Stand and deliver!

Synopsis

Sovay begins her life as a highway robber to test her lover, but she is living in dangerous times, full of fear, with the spectre of the Revolution in France reaching across the Channel. Sovay’s father has disappeared, the family are tainted by accusations of treason. Sovay takes to the road in earnest to clear her name and quickly becomes entangled in a terrible web of deceit and duplicity. Can she escape before the net closes in on her and all around her? 

Praise for Sovay

Bookseller, 21st March, 2008
" …plenty of action, political intrigue and historical detail…
"…romance, thwarted passions, sinister intentions and of course the heroine herself make it spot-on for teenage girls." Sue Steel, Simply Books

The TImes, 24th May 2008
"Sovay is a gorgeous, breathless, headlong romp of a read, whose heroine takes on every challenge of the period, from being captured by a Gothic villain to being incarcerated in the notorious Conciergerie prison hours from execution at the guillotine." Amanda Craig

Sunday Times Book of the Week, 1st June 2008
"a compulsive, rollicking read full of colour and facts (some racy) about a feisty highwaywoman in 18th-century England, and about France in the worst days of the Terror… a swift, intricate plot scattered with handsome rogues and heroes," Nicolette Jones

Times Educational Supplement, 30th May 2008
"Sovay is a strong-willed, independent character who frequently outshines her male peers, and in this respect the novel is valuable in promoting teenagers not to bow to traditional ideals of femininity and submission if they don't want to." Sarah Fletcher

Freya Sykes, 19th June 2008
"A really clever and intelligent read that doesn’t overawe or patronise, but simply walks that fine line of a damn good read."