Ayala's Angel

When the artist Egbert Dormer dies, his two daughters are left without a penny, thrust into a world where genteel appearance often masks precarious circumstance. Lucy, twenty‑one, is plain‑spoken and modest, while her younger sister Ayala, nineteen, possesses a romantic streak and a reputation for poetic charm. Their lives intersect with the sprawling Dosett family, whose own legacy of beauty and ambition once rippled through Admiralty corridors and high society circles.

Ayala’s path soon crosses the affluent Tringle household, where wealth and titles conceal restless desires and hidden debts. As the sisters navigate fickle fortunes, a mixture of old family promises, looming obligations, and tentative romances begin to shape their futures. Listeners will be drawn into a vivid portrait of Victorian intrigue, where the allure of love and the pressure of heritage clash in the shadow of an uncertain inheritance.