Join Sara Adrien for the facts behind her novel A Sight to Behold: Harley Street Wasn’t Always Famous for Doctors—But It Was Always Made for Secrets
If you visit London’s Harley Street today, you’ll find an elegant stretch of polished brass plaques, white townhouses, and discreet entrances—home to some of the world’s most prestigious doctors.
But in the Regency era?
It was something else entirely.
Harley Street was a quiet, residential neighborhood tucked behind Mayfair’s grander addresses. It wasn’t yet a medical mecca, but its charm, seclusion, and proximity to Buckingham House made it a natural magnet for London’s wealthy—and for intrigue.
It was here, in this understated corner of the city, that secrets were whispered, reputations managed, and lives quietly unraveled. It’s no wonder I set my new Regency romance series, Miracles on Harley Street, right there.
And it all begins with A Sight to Behold.
Why Harley Street?
By the mid-1800s, it would become the heartbeat of medical innovation. But even in the early 1800s, the first specialists—like my hero Nick—were just beginning to rise. Eye surgery. Apothecaries. Experimental treatments.
They were admired.
Feared.
Gossiped about.
And it’s in this high-stakes, high-society pressure cooker that love finds a way. That’s the material for great stories!
About the Book: A Sight to Behold
Dr. Nick Folsham is one of London’s only eye specialists, fighting for respect in a world that doesn’t know what to do with men like him. He’s not titled. Not connected. But he’s brilliant and has integrity.
Philippa “Pippa” Pemberton is the daughter of a duke… and a total romantic disaster. She’s a gardening-obsessed misfit who had a reputation for clumsiness—and unfortunately, she’s also the one who collides with Nick in a pastry shop and ruins an entire wedding cake.
Sparks fly. Reputations teeter. And Harley Street becomes the backdrop for a love story no one saw coming.
But there’s more to the plot and subplot – much of it inspired by the setting.
The series, Miracles on Harley Street is full of what Regency fans crave but it’s also a love letter to the women who didn’t fit the mold— and the men brave enough to love them anyway.
If you like your Regency romance with a little more grit, a lot more heart, and a dash of scandal set in a real corner of London history… Miracles on Harley Street is waiting for you with Book 1, A Sight to Behold.
Get the book here: https://saraadrien.com/products/a-sight-to-behold
About the Author
Bestselling author Sara Adrien writes hot and heart-melting Regency romance with a Jewish twist. As a law professor-turned-author, she writes about clandestine identities, whims of fate, and sizzling seduction. If you like unique and intelligent characters, deliciously sexy scenes, and the nostalgia of afternoon tea, then you’ll adore Sara Adrien’s tender tear-jerkers.
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