Brandon Ledingham

I’m Brandon. I’m 54, I grew up in a fishing town on the coast of Aberdeenshire, and these days I live in Stonehaven, about fifteen miles down the road.

I came to regency romance the way a lot of men probably do and won’t admit to: through my gran. She lived with us when i was a boy, and every night she’d read aloud from whatever Georgette Heyer she was on, mostly to herself, but I’d sit on the stairs and listen.

For years i worked as a sound engineer at a local radio station in Aberdeen, and later I recorded audiobooks for other people. I loved it, but somewhere along the way I realised I’d much rather be telling my own stories.

My wife, Claire, hears every story first, usually on a Sunday morning with the kids still asleep. She’s a hard audience. If she guesses the ending by page three, the whole thing goes back in the drawer.

I think my gran would be pleased with what I do now.